Hong Kong Monetary Authority - International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity

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31 Oct 2001

International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) released today (Wednesday) analytical data on the Hong Kong SAR's foreign currency reserves and foreign currency liquidity at the end of September 2001 (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 2002 is announced below:

Reference Month	Release Date
January 2002	28 February 2002
February 2002	28 March 2002
March 2002	30 April 2002
April 2002	31 May 2002
May 2002	28 June 2002
June 2002	31 July 2002
July 2002	30 August 2002
August 2002	30 September 2002
September 2002	31 October 2002
October 2002	29 November 2002
November 2002	31 December 2002
December 2002	30 January 2003

For further enquiries, please contact:

Jasmin Fung, Manager (Press), at 2878 8246 or
Thomas Chan, Senior Manager (Press), at 2878 1480

Hong Kong Monetary Authority
31 October 2001

At present, four press releases relating to the Exchange Fund's data are issued 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, 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)
15 October (Issued)	SDDS Analytical Accounts of the Central Bank (Exchange Fund Balance Sheet Data)
26 October (Issued)	Exchange Fund Abridged Balance Sheet and Currency Board Account
31 October	SDDS Template on International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity

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