Analytical Accounts of the Exchange Fund
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The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) released today (October 14) the key analytical accounts of the Exchange Fund at the end of September 2016.
Foreign assets, representing the external assets of the Exchange Fund, remained unchanged at HK$3,115.2 billion.
The Monetary Base, comprising Certificates of Indebtedness, Government‑issued currency notes and coins in circulation, the balance of the banking system and Exchange Fund Bills and Notes issued, amounted to HK$1,618.0 billion.
Claims on the private sector in Hong Kong amounted to HK$211.9 billion.
Foreign liabilities, representing fees payable to the Exchange Fund’s external managers, amounted to HK$0.3 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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Release calendar
The release calendar of the Analytical Accounts of the Exchange Fund for 2017 is announced below:
| Reference Month ------------------- |
Release Date --------------------- |
| January 2017 | February 14, 2017 |
| February 2017 | March 14, 2017 |
| March 2017 | April 13, 2017 |
| April 2017 | May 12, 2017 |
| May 2017 | June 14, 2017 |
| June 2017 | July 14, 2017 |
| July 2017 | August 14, 2017 |
| August 2017 | September 14, 2017 |
| September 2017 | October 13, 2017 |
| October 2017 | November 14, 2017 |
| November 2017 | December 14, 2017 |
| December 2017 | January 12, 2018 |
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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 2016, 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 14 |
SDDS Analytical Accounts of the Central Bank (Analytical Accounts of the Exchange Fund) |
| October 31 |
SDDS Template on International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity |
| October 31 |
Exchange Fund Abridged Balance Sheet and Currency Board Account |
Ends/Friday, October 14, 2016
Issued at HKT 17:25
Issued at HKT 17:25
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