International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity

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31 Oct 2023

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 2023 (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 2024 is announced below:

Reference Month

Release Date

January 2024

29 February 2024

February 2024

28 March 2024

March 2024

30 April 2024

April 2024

31 May 2024

May 2024

28 June 2024

June 2024

31 July 2024

July 2024

30 August 2024

August 2024

30 September 2024

September 2024

31 October 2024

October 2024

29 November 2024

November 2024

31 December 2024

December 2024

28 January 2025

 

Annex

 

Hong Kong Monetary Authority
31 October 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 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 2023, the scheduled dates for issuing the press releases are as follows:

6 October
(Issued)

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

13 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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