Hong Kong’s Latest Foreign Currency Reserve Assets Figures Released

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08 Oct 2014

Hong Kong’s Latest Foreign Currency Reserve Assets Figures Released

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) announced today (Wednesday) that the official foreign currency reserve assets of Hong Kong amounted to US$325.8 billion as at the end of September 2014 (end‑August 2014: US$331.3 billion) (Annex). 

There were no unsettled foreign exchange contracts at end-September and end-August 2014. 

The total foreign currency reserve assets of US$325.8 billion represent over seven times the currency in circulation or about 48% of Hong Kong dollar M3. 

Release calendar

The release calendar of foreign currency reserve assets for 2015 is announced below:

 

Reference Month 

Release Date

January 2015

6 February 2015

February 2015

6 March 2015

March 2015

9 April 2015

April 2015

7 May 2015

May 2015

5 June 2015

June 2015

7 July 2015

July 2015

7 August 2015

August 2015

7 September 2015

September 2015

7 October 2015

October 2015

6 November 2015

November 2015

7 December 2015

December 2015

7 January 2016

 

Annex

 

Hong Kong Monetary Authority
8 October 2014 

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At present, four press releases relating to the Exchange Fund’s data are issued by the HKMA each month.  Three of these releases are issued to disseminate monetary data in accordance with the International Monetary Fund’s Special Data Dissemination Standard (SDDS).  The fourth press release, on the Exchange Fund’s Abridged Balance Sheet and Currency Board Account, is made in accordance with the HKMA’s policy of maintaining a high level of transparency.  For the month of October 2014, the scheduled dates for issuing the press releases are as follows:

8 October

SDDS International Reserves (Hong Kong’s Latest Foreign Currency Reserve Assets Figures)

14 October

SDDS Analytical Accounts of the Central Bank (Analytical Accounts of the Exchange Fund)

31 October

Exchange Fund Abridged Balance Sheet and Currency Board Account

31 October

SDDS Template on International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity

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