International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity

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31 Oct 2012

International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) released today (Wednesday) the analytical data on the Hong Kong SAR's foreign currency reserves and foreign currency liquidity as at the end of September 2012 (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 2013 is announced below:

Reference Month

Release Date

January 2013

28 February 2013

February 2013

28 March 2013

March 2013

30 April 2013

April 2013

31 May 2013

May 2013

28 June 2013

June 2013

31 July 2013

July 2013

30 August 2013

August 2013

30 September 2013

September 2013

31 October 2013

October 2013

29 November 2013

November 2013

31 December 2013

December 2013

30 January 2014

 

Annex

Hong Kong Monetary Authority
31 October 2012

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 2012, the scheduled dates for issuing the press releases are as follows:

8 October     (Issued)

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

12 October   (Issued)

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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