International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity

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31 Oct 2014

International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) released today (Friday) the analytical data on the Hong Kong SAR’s foreign currency reserves and foreign currency liquidity as at the end of September 2014 (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 2015 is announced below:

Reference Month

Release Date

January 2015

27 February 2015

February 2015

31 March 2015

March 2015

30 April 2015

April 2015

29 May 2015

May 2015

30 June 2015

June 2015

31 July 2015

July 2015

31 August 2015

August 2015

30 September 2015

September 2015

30 October 2015

October 2015

30 November 2015

November 2015

31 December 2015

December 2015

29 January 2016

 

 

Annex

 

Hong Kong Monetary Authority
31 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
(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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