International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity

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31 Oct 2017

International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) released today (Tuesday) the analytical data on the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region’s foreign currency reserves and foreign currency liquidity as at the end of September 2017 (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 2018 is announced below:

Reference Month

Release Date

January 2018

28 February 2018

February 2018

29 March 2018

March 2018

30 April 2018

April 2018

31 May 2018

May 2018

29 June 2018

June 2018

31 July 2018

July 2018

31 August 2018

August 2018

28 September 2018

September 2018

31 October 2018

October 2018

30 November 2018

November 2018

31 December 2018

December 2018

31 January 2019

 

Annex

 

Hong Kong Monetary Authority
31 October 2017

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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 2017, the scheduled dates for issuing the press releases are as follows:

9 October
(Issued)

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

13 October
(Issued)

SDDS Analytical Accounts of the Central Bank
(Analytical Accounts of the Exchange Fund)

31 October

SDDS Template on International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity

31 October

Exchange Fund Abridged Balance Sheet and Currency Board Account

 

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