HKMA Quarterly Bulletin (September 2008 Issue)

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) today (Wednesday) published the September 2008 issue of its Quarterly Bulletin.

This Quarterly Bulletin contains two feature articles:

• Rising Food Prices in Asia and Implications for Monetary Policy - discussing issues and challenges related to the appropriate monetary policy response to current increases in food prices.
• Impact of IPO Activities on the Hong Kong-Dollar Interbank Market - presenting the results of a study analysing and quantifying the impact of IPO activities on interbank interest rates.

The Quarterly Bulletin can be viewed on and downloaded from the HKMA website at http://www.info.gov.hk/hkma/eng/public/qb_index.htm.

For further enquiries, please contact:
Peggy Lo, Manager (Press), at 2878 1687 or
Hing-fung Wong, Manager (Press), at 2878 1802

Hong Kong Monetary Authority
17 September 2008