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 |
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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 |