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International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) released today (Friday) analytical data on the Hong Kong SAR's foreign currency reserves and foreign currency liquidity at the end of July 2007 (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.

Annex

For further enquiries, please contact:
Sara Yip, Manager (Press), at 2878 8246 or
Peggy Lo, Manager (Press), at 2878 1687  

Hong Kong Monetary Authority
31 August 2007

 

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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 August 2007, the scheduled dates for issuing the press releases are as follows:

 

  7 August
  (Issued)
 

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

  14 August
 (Issued)
 

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

  31 August

 

Exchange Fund Abridged Balance Sheet and Currency Board Account

  31 August

SDDS Template on International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity

 

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