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 2014 (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 2015 is announced below:

Reference Month     Release Date
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January 2015        February 27, 2015
February 2015       March 31, 2015
March 2015          April 30, 2015
April 2015          May 29, 2015
May 2015            June 30, 2015
June 2015           July 31, 2015
July 2015           August 31, 2015
August 2015         September 30, 2015
September 2015      October 30, 2015
October 2015        November 30, 2015
November 2015       December 31, 2015
December 2015       January 29, 2016

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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 2014, 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 14 (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/Friday, October 31, 2014
Issued at HKT 18:05

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