International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity

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30 May 2008

International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) released today (Friday) analytical data on the Hong Kong SAR's foreign currency reserves and foreign currency liquidity at the end of April 2008 (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.

Annex

For further enquiries, please contact:
Hing-fung Wong, Manager (Press), at 2878 1802 or
Lilian Goh, Officer (Press), at 2878 8246

Hong Kong Monetary Authority
30 May 2008

 

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 May 2008, the scheduled dates for issuing the press releases are as follows:

7 May
(Issued)
SDDS International Reserves (Hong Kong's Latest Foreign Currency Reserve Assets Figures)
14 May
(Issued)
SDDS Analytical Accounts of the Central Bank (Analytical Accounts of the Exchange Fund)
30 May Exchange Fund Abridged Balance Sheet and Currency Board Account
30 May SDDS Template on International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity
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