International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity

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31 Oct 2022

International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) released today (31 October) the analytical data on the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region’s foreign currency reserves and foreign currency liquidity as at the end of September 2022 (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 (SDDS).

Release calendar

The release calendar of the Template on International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity for 2023 is announced below:

Reference Month

Release Date

January 2023

28 February 2023

February 2023

31 March 2023

March 2023

28 April 2023

April 2023

31 May 2023

May 2023

30 June 2023

June 2023

31 July 2023

July 2023

31 August 2023

August 2023

29 September 2023

September 2023

31 October 2023

October 2023

30 November 2023

November 2023

29 December 2023

December 2023

31 January 2024

 

Annex

 

Hong Kong Monetary Authority
31 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 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 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
(Issued)

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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