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The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) released today (March 14) key analytical accounts of the Exchange Fund at the end of February 2007, reporting an increase of HK$35.9 billion in the foreign assets of the Exchange Fund during the month.
Foreign assets, representing the external assets of the Exchange Fund, amounted to HK$1,008.4 billion.
The Monetary Base, comprising Certificates of Indebtedness, Government issued currency notes and coins in circulation, the Aggregate Balance of the banking system and Exchange Fund Bills and Notes issued, amounted to HK$308.9 billion.
Claims on the private sector in Hong Kong amounted to HK$85.5 billion.
Foreign liabilities, representing mainly obligations under repurchase agreements, amounted to HK$1.6 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).
For further enquiries, please contact:
Sara Yip, Manager (Press), at 2878 8246 or
Hing-fung Wong, Officer (Press), at 2878 1802
Hong Kong Monetary Authority
March 14 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 March 2007, the scheduled dates for issuing the press releases are as follows:
March 7 SDDS International Reserves (Hong Kong's Latest
(Issued) Foreign Currency Reserve Assets Figures)
March 14 SDDS Analytical Accounts of the Central Bank
(Analytical Accounts of the Exchange Fund)
March 30 Exchange Fund Abridged Balance Sheet and
Currency Board Account
March 30 SDDS Template on International Reserves and
Foreign Currency Liquidity
Ends/Wednesday, March 14, 2007
Issued at HKT 16:59
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