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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) key analytical accounts of the Exchange Fund at the end of September 2009, reporting an increase of HK$28.2 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$1,668.1 billion.
The Monetary Base, comprising Certificates of Indebtedness, Government issued currency notes and coins in circulation, the Aggregate Balance and Exchange Fund Bills and Notes issued, amounted to HK$803.6 billion.
Claims on the private sector in Hong Kong amounted to HK$94.2 billion.
Foreign liabilities, representing mainly obligations under repurchase agreements, 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
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The release calendar of the Analytical Accounts of the Central Bank for 2010 is announced below:
Reference Month Release Date
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January 2010 February 12, 2010
February 2010 March 12, 2010
March 2010 April 14, 2010
April 2010 May 14, 2010
May 2010 June 14, 2010
June 2010 July 14, 2010
July 2010 August 13, 2010
August 2010 September 14, 2010
September 2010 October 14, 2010
October 2010 November 12, 2010
November 2010 December 14, 2010
December 2010 January 14, 2011
For further enquiries, please contact:
Peggy Lo, Manager (Communications), at 2878 1687 or Hing-fung Wong, Manager (Communications), at 2878 1802
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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 2009, the scheduled dates for issuing the press releases are as follows:
7 October (Issued)
SDDS International Reserves (Hong Kong's Latest Foreign Currency Reserve Assets Figures)
14 October
SDDS Analytical Accounts of the Central Bank (Analytical Accounts of the Exchange Fund)
30 October
Exchange Fund Abridged Balance Sheet and Currency Board Account
30 October
SDDS Template on International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity
Ends/Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Issued at HKT 16:55
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