Hong Kong Monetary Authority - International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity

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31 Oct 2003

International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) released today (Friday) analytical data on the Hong Kong SAR's foreign currency reserves and foreign currency liquidity at the end of September 2003 (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 Liquidity Template for 2004 is announced below:

Reference Month	Release Date
January 2004	27 February 2004
February 2004	31 March 2004
March 2004	30 April 2004
April 2004	31 May 2004
May 2004	30 June 2004
June 2004	30 July 2004
July 2004	31 August 2004
August 2004	30 September 2004
September 2004	29 October 2004
October 2004	30 November 2004
November 2004	31 December 2004
December 2004	31 January 2005

For further enquiries, please contact:

Kevin Ip, Manager (Press), at 2878 1687 or
Thomas Chan, Senior Manager (Press), at 2878 1480

Hong Kong Monetary Authority
31 October 2003

At present, four press releases relating to the Exchange Fund's data are issued 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 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 (Exchange Fund Balance Sheet Data)
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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