International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity
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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) the analytical data on the Hong Kong SAR's foreign currency reserves and foreign currency liquidity as at the end of September 2013 (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 Template on International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity for 2014 is set out below:

Reference month         Release date
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January 2014            February 28, 2014
February 2014           March 31, 2014
March 2014              April 30, 2014
April 2014              May 30, 2014
May 2014                June 30, 2014
June 2014               July 31, 2014
July 2014               August 29, 2014
August 2014             September 30, 2014
September 2014          October 31, 2014
October 2014            November 28, 2014
November 2014           December 31, 2014
December 2014           January 30, 2015

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

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

October 11 (Issued)
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/Thursday, October 31, 2013
Issued at HKT 17:26

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