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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 2015.

     Foreign assets, representing the external assets of the Exchange Fund, increased during the month by HK$99.9 billion to HK$2,941.6 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$1,483.2 billion.

     Claims on the private sector in Hong Kong amounted to HK$153.7 billion.

     Foreign liabilities, representing fees payable to the Exchange Fund's external managers, amounted to HK$0.5 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 2016 is announced below:

     Reference Month     Release Date
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     January 2016        February 15, 2016
     February 2016       March 14, 2016
     March 2016          April 14, 2016
     April 2016          May 13, 2016
     May 2016            June 14, 2016
     June 2016           July 14, 2016
     July 2016           August 12, 2016
     August 2016         September 14, 2016
     September 2016      October 14, 2016
     October 2016        November 14, 2016
     November 2016       December 14, 2016
     December 2016       January 13, 2017

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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 2015, the scheduled dates for issuing the press releases are as follows:

October 7 (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 30
SDDS Template on International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity

October 30
Exchange Fund Abridged Balance Sheet and Currency Board Account

Ends/Wednesday, October 14, 2015
Issued at HKT 17:56

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