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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 12) the key analytical accounts of the Exchange Fund at the end of September 2012, reporting an increase of HK$30.8 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$2,316.9 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$1,105.1 billion.
Claims on the private sector in Hong Kong amounted to HK$118.1 billion.
Foreign liabilities, representing fees payable to the Exchange Fund's external managers, amounted to HK$0.2 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
The release calendar of the Analytical Accounts of the Central Bank for 2013 is announced below:
Reference Month Release Date
January 2013 February 15, 2013
February 2013 March 14, 2013
March 2013 April 12, 2013
April 2013 May 14, 2013
May 2013 June 14, 2013
June 2013 July 12, 2013
July 2013 August 14, 2013
August 2013 September 13, 2013
September 2013 October 11, 2013
October 2013 November 14, 2013
November 2013 December 13, 2013
December 2013 January 14, 2014
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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 2012, the scheduled dates for issuing the press releases are as follows:
October 8 (Issued)
SDDS International Reserves
(Hong Kong's Latest Foreign Currency Reserve Assets Figures)
October 12
SDDS Analytical Accounts of the Central Bank
(Analytical Accounts of the Exchange Fund)
October 31
Exchange Fund Abridged Balance Sheet and Currency Board Account
October 31
SDDS Template on International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity
Ends/Friday, October 12, 2012
Issued at HKT 16:56
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