Analytical Accounts of the Exchange Fund

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14 Oct 2022

Analytical Accounts of the Exchange Fund

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) released today (14 October) the key analytical accounts of the Exchange Fund at the end of September 2022.

Foreign assets, representing the external assets of the Exchange Fund, decreased during the month by HK$100.5 billion to HK$3,475.6 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$1,931.6 billion.

Claims on the private sector in Hong Kong amounted to HK$285.5 billion.

Foreign liabilities amounted to HK$23.2 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 2023 is announced below:

Reference Month

Release Date

January 2023

14 February 2023

February 2023

14 March 2023

March 2023

14 April 2023

April 2023

12 May 2023

May 2023

14 June 2023

June 2023

14 July 2023

July 2023

14 August 2023

August 2023

14 September 2023

September 2023

13 October 2023

October 2023

14 November 2023

November 2023

14 December 2023

December 2023

12 January 2024

 

Annex

 

Hong Kong Monetary Authority
14 October 2022

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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 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 2022, 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)

14 October

 

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

31 October

 

SDDS Template on International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity

31 October

Exchange Fund Abridged Balance Sheet and Currency Board Account

 

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