International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity

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31 Oct 2002

International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) released today (Thursday) analytical data on the Hong Kong SAR's foreign currency reserves and foreign currency liquidity at the end of September 2002 (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 2003 is announced below:

Reference Month

Release Date

January 2003

28 February 2003

February 2003

31 March 2003

March 2003

30 April 2003

April 2003

30 May 2003

May 2003

30 June 2003

June 2003

31 July 2003

July 2003

29 August 2003

August 2003

30 September 2003

September 2003

31 October 2003

October 2003

28 November 2003

November 2003

31 December 2003

December 2003

30 January 2004

 

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
31 October 2002

 

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:

7 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)
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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