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 September 2008 (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.

Release calendar

The release calendar of the Liquidity Template for 2009 is announced below:

Reference Month	Release Date
January 2009	27 February 2009
February 2009	31 March 2009
March 2009	30 April 2009
April 2009	29 May 2009
May 2009	30 June 2009
June 2009	31 July 2009
July 2009	31 August 2009
August 2009	30 September 2009
September 2009	30 October 2009
October 2009	30 November 2009
November 2009	31 December 2009
December 2009	29 January 2010

Annex

For further enquiries, please contact:
Thomas Chan, Senior Manager (Press), at 2878 1480 or
Hing-fung Wong, Manager (Press), at 2878 1802

Hong Kong Monetary Authority
31 October 2008

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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 2008, the scheduled dates for issuing the press releases are as follows:

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

Release calendar

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