International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity

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31 Oct 2016

International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) released today (Monday) the analytical data on the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region’s foreign currency reserves and foreign currency liquidity as at the end of September 2016 (Annex).  These data are published monthly in the Template on International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity in accordance with the International Monetary Fund’s Special Data Dissemination Standard.

Release calendar

The release calendar of the Template on International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity for 2017 is announced below:

Reference Month

Release Date

January 2017

28 February 2017

February 2017

31 March 2017

March 2017

28 April 2017

April 2017

31 May 2017

May 2017

30 June 2017

June 2017

31 July 2017

July 2017

31 August 2017

August 2017

29 September 2017

September 2017

31 October 2017

October 2017

30 November 2017

November 2017

29 December 2017

December 2017

31 January 2018

 

Annex

 

Hong Kong Monetary Authority
31 October 2016

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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 2016, the scheduled dates for issuing the press releases are as follows:

7 October
(Issued)

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

14 October
(Issued)

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

31 October

SDDS Template on International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity

31 October

Exchange Fund Abridged Balance Sheet and Currency Board Account

 

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