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Analytical Accounts of Exchange Fund
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The following is issued on behalf of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority:

     The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) released today (February 15) the key analytical accounts of the Exchange Fund at the end of January 2013, reporting an increase of HK$82.9 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$2,514.3 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$1,233.6 billion.

     Claims on the private sector in Hong Kong amounted to HK$179.4 billion.

     Foreign liabilities, representing fees payable to the Exchange Fund's external managers, amounted to HK$0.6 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).

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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 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 February 2013, the scheduled dates for issuing the press releases are as follows:

February 7(Issued)
SDDS International Reserves
(Hong Kong's Latest Foreign Currency Reserve Assets Figures)

February 15
SDDS Analytical Accounts of the Central Bank
(Analytical Accounts of the Exchange Fund)

February 28
Exchange Fund Abridged Balance Sheet and Currency Board Account

February 28
SDDS Template on International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity

Ends/Friday, February 15, 2013
Issued at HKT 16:31

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