Analytical Accounts of the Exchange Fund

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14 Oct 2014

Analytical Accounts of the Exchange Fund

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) released today (Tuesday) the key analytical accounts of the Exchange Fund at the end of September 2014. 

Foreign assets, representing the external assets of the Exchange Fund, increased during the month by HK$13.9 billion to HK$2,767.4 billion. 

The Monetary Base, comprising Certificates of Indebtedness, Government‑issued currency notes and coins in circulation, the Aggregate Balance and Exchange Fund Bills and Notes issued, amounted to HK$1,347.2 billion. 

Claims on the private sector in Hong Kong amounted to HK$195.8 billion. 

Foreign liabilities, representing fees payable to the Exchange Fund’s external managers, amounted to HK$0.6 billion. 

The analytical accounts of the Exchange Fund are released in accordance with the International Monetary Fund’s Special Data Dissemination Standard (SDDS) and are referred to as the Analytical Accounts of the Central Bank under SDDS (Annex). 

 

Release calendar 

The release calendar of the Analytical Accounts of the Exchange Fund for 2015 is announced below:

 

Reference Month 

Release Date

January 2015

13 February 2015

February 2015

13 March 2015

March 2015

14 April 2015

April 2015

14 May 2015

May 2015

12 June 2015

June 2015

14 July 2015

July 2015

14 August 2015

August 2015

14 September 2015

September 2015

14 October 2015

October 2015

13 November 2015

November 2015

14 December 2015

December 2015

14 January 2016

 

Annex 

 

Hong Kong Monetary Authority
14 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(Issued)

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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