Analytical Accounts of Exchange Fund

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The following is issued on behalf of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority:
 
     The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) released today (October 14) the key analytical accounts of the Exchange Fund at the end of September 2019.
 
     Foreign assets, representing the external assets of the Exchange Fund, increased during the month by HK$49.8 billion to HK$3,615.9 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$1,644.5 billion.
 
     Claims on the private sector in Hong Kong amounted to HK$265.8 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 2020 is announced below:
 

Reference Month Release Date
January 2020 February 14, 2020
February 2020 March 13, 2020
March 2020 April 15, 2020
April 2020 May 14, 2020
May 2020 June 12, 2020
June 2020 July 14, 2020
July 2020 August 14, 2020
August 2020 September 14, 2020
September 2020 October 14, 2020
October 2020 November 13, 2020
November 2020 December 14, 2020
December 2020 January 14, 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 2019, the scheduled dates for issuing the press releases are as follows:
 

October 8
(Issued)
SDDS International Reserves
(Hong Kong's Latest Foreign Currency Reserve Assets Figures)
 
October 14
 
SDDS Analytical Accounts of the Central Bank (Analytical Accounts of the Exchange Fund)
 
October 31
 
 
SDDS Template on International Reserves and
Foreign Currency Liquidity
 
October 31
 
Exchange Fund Abridged Balance Sheet and
Currency Board Account
 

 

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