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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 31) analytical data on the Hong Kong SAR's foreign currency reserves and foreign currency liquidity at the end of September 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.
Release calendar
The release calendar of the Liquidity Template for 2008 is announced below:
Reference Month Release Date
January 2008 29 February 2008
February 2008 31 March 2008
March 2008 30 April 2008
April 2008 30 May 2008
May 2008 30 June 2008
June 2008 31 July 2008
July 2008 29 August 2008
August 2008 30 September 2008
September 2008 31 October 2008
October 2008 28 November 2008
November 2008 31 December 2008
December 2008 30 January 2009
For further enquiries, please contact:
Peggy Lo, Manager (Press), at 2878 1687 or
Hing-fung Wong, Officer (Press), at 2878 1802
Hong Kong Monetary Authority
31 October 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 October 2007, the scheduled dates for issuing the press releases are as follows:
8 October SDDS International Reserves
(Hong Kong's Latest Foreign
Currency Reserve Assets
Figures) (Issued)
15 October SDDS Analytical Accounts of
the Central Bank (Analytical
Accounts of the Exchange
Fund) (Issued)
31 October Exchange Fund Abridged Balance
Sheet and Currency Board
Account
31 October SDDS Template on International
Reserves and Foreign Currency
Liquidity
Ends/Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Issued at HKT 16:42
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