The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) released today (February
15) key data on the balance sheet of the Exchange Fund at the end
of January 2002, reporting an increase of HK$10.0 billion in the
foreign assets of the Exchange Fund during the month.
Foreign assets, representing the external assets of the Exchange
Fund, amounted to HK$832.6 billion.
The Monetary Base, comprising Certificates of Indebtedness and
coins issued, the Aggregate Balance of the banking system and
Exchange Fund Bills and Notes issued, amounted to HK$236.0
billion.
Claims on the private sector in Hong Kong amounted to HK$58.7
billion.
Foreign liabilities, representing mainly obligations under
repurchase agreements, amounted to HK$39.9 billion.
The balance sheet data 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
1).
For further enquiries, please contact:
Sylvia Yip, Manager (Press), at 2878 1687 or
Thomas Chan, Senior Manager (Press), at 2878 1480
Hong Kong Monetary Authority
15 February 2002
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 February, the scheduled dates for issuing the
press releases are as follows:
7 February
(Issued) |
SDDS International Reserves (Hong Kong's Latest Foreign
Currency Reserve Assets Figures) |
| 15 February |
SDDS Analytical Accounts of the Central Bank (Exchange Fund
Balance Sheet Data) |
| 28 February |
Exchange Fund Abridged Balance Sheet and Currency Board
Account |
| 28 February |
SDDS Template on International Reserves and Foreign Currency
Liquidity |
Annex 1
Analytical Accounts of the Central
Bank
(in millions of Hong Kong
dollars)
|
Monetary Base (1)
|
Claims on the Hong
Kong SAR
Government (2)
|
Claims on the Private Sector in Hong Kong (3)
|
Foreign Assets (4)
|
Foreign Liabilities (5)
|
|
31 January 2001
|
227,857
|
0
|
69,543
|
833,327
|
34,134
|
|
28 February 2001
|
217,045
|
0
|
62,301
|
856,800
|
59,959
|
|
31 March 2001
|
216,681
|
0
|
46,394
|
856,380
|
65,115
|
|
30 April 2001
|
220,449
|
0
|
50,103
|
861,731
|
66,845
|
|
31 May 2001
|
217,210
|
0
|
51,778
|
858,038
|
68,691
|
|
30 June 2001
|
220,442
|
0
|
45,303
|
853,060
|
61,195
|
|
31 July 2001
|
219,825
|
0
|
43,732
|
857,961
|
52,749
|
|
31 August 2001
|
221,820
|
0
|
41,740
|
854,297
|
33,371
|
|
30 September 2001
|
228,419
|
0
|
38,049
|
853,095
|
22,713
|
|
31 October 2001
|
225,686
|
0
|
44,469
|
845,833
|
21,950
|
|
30 November 2001
|
225,750
|
0
|
61,880
|
836,460
|
48,453
|
|
31 December 2001
|
229,741
|
0
|
51,017
|
822,613
|
41,974
|
|
31 January 2002
|
236,033
|
0
|
58,658
|
832,643
|
39,923
|
(1) The Monetary Base comprises Certificates of Indebtedness
(for backing the currency notes) and coins issued, the Aggregate
Balance of the banking system and Exchange Fund Bills and Notes
issued.
(2) Claims on the Hong Kong SAR Government refer to any lending
to the Government.
(3) Claims on the Private Sector in Hong Kong include bank
deposits and investments in debt securities issued by public sector
entities in Hong Kong held by the Exchange Fund.
(4) Foreign Assets represent the external assets of the Exchange
Fund and exclude foreign currency deposits placed with banks in
Hong Kong.
(5) Foreign Liabilities include obligations under repurchase
agreements, securities lending with cash collateral arrangements
and fees payable to the Exchange Fund's external managers.
Hong Kong Monetary Authority
15 February 2002
