Analytical Accounts of the Exchange Fund

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13 Oct 2021

Analytical Accounts of the Exchange Fund

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) released today (13 October) the key analytical accounts of the Exchange Fund at the end of September 2021.

Foreign assets, representing the external assets of the Exchange Fund, decreased during the month by HK$17.0 billion to HK$4,044.7 billion.

The Monetary Base, comprising Certificates of Indebtedness, Government issued currency notes and coins in circulation, the balance of the banking system and Exchange Fund Bills and Notes issued, amounted to HK$2,117.8 billion.

Claims on the private sector in Hong Kong amounted to HK$230.5 billion.

The analytical accounts 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).

Release calendar

The release calendar of the Analytical Accounts of the Exchange Fund for 2022 is announced below:

Reference Month

Release Date

January 2022

14 February 2022

February 2022

14 March 2022

March 2022

14 April 2022

April 2022

13 May 2022

May 2022

14 June 2022

June 2022

14 July 2022

July 2022

12 August 2022

August 2022

14 September 2022

September 2022

14 October 2022

October 2022

14 November 2022

November 2022

14 December 2022

December 2022

13 January 2023

 

Annex

 

Hong Kong Monetary Authority
13 October 2021

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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 October 2021, 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)

13 October

 

SDDS Analytical Accounts of the Central Bank
(Analytical Accounts of the Exchange Fund)

29 October

 

SDDS Template on International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity

29 October

Exchange Fund Abridged Balance Sheet and Currency Board Account

 

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