Hong Kong’s Latest Foreign Currency Reserve Assets Figures Released

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05 May 2023

Hong Kong’s Latest Foreign Currency Reserve Assets Figures Released

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) announced today (5 May) that the official foreign currency reserve assets of Hong Kong amounted to US$427.4 billion as at the end of April 2023 (end-March 2023: US$430.8 billion) (Annex).

Including unsettled foreign exchange contracts, the foreign currency reserve assets of Hong Kong at the end of April 2023 amounted to US$426.6 billion (end-March 2023: US$430.4 billion).

The total foreign currency reserve assets of US$427.4 billion represent over five times the currency in circulation or about 40% of Hong Kong dollar M3.

Annex

 

Hong Kong Monetary Authority
5 May 2023

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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 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 2023, the scheduled dates for issuing the press releases are as follows:

5 May

SDDS International Reserves
(Hong Kong’s Latest Foreign Currency Reserve Assets Figures)

12 May

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

31 May

SDDS Template on International Reserves and
Foreign Currency Liquidity

31 May

Exchange Fund Abridged Balance Sheet and
Currency Board Account

 

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