International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity

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30 Oct 2015

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 2015 (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 2016 is announced below:

Reference Month

Release Date

January 2016

29 February 2016

February 2016

31 March 2016

March 2016

29 April 2016

April 2016

31 May 2016

May 2016

30 June 2016

June 2016

29 July 2016

July 2016

31 August 2016

August 2016

30 September 2016

September 2016

31 October 2016

October 2016

30 November 2016

November 2016

30 December 2016

December 2016

27 January 2017

 

Annex

 

Hong Kong Monetary Authority
30 October 2015

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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 2015, the 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
(Analytical Accounts of the Exchange Fund) 

30 October

SDDS Template on International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity 

30 October

Exchange Fund Abridged Balance Sheet and Currency Board Account

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