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Hong Kong's latest foreign currency reserve assets figures released
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The following is issued on behalf of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority:

     The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) announced today (October 9) that the official foreign currency reserve assets of Hong Kong amounted to US$419.2 billion as at the end of September 2017 (end-August 2017: US$413.8 billion) (Annex).
 
     Including unsettled foreign exchange contracts, the foreign currency reserve assets of Hong Kong at the end of September 2017 amounted to US$410.9 billion (end-August 2017: US$405.5 billion).
 
     The total foreign currency reserve assets of US$419.2 billion represent over seven times the currency in circulation or about 47 per cent of Hong Kong dollar M3.
 
Release calendar
 
     The release calendar of foreign currency reserve assets for 2018 is announced below:
Reference Month
 
Release Date
January 2018 February 7, 2018
February 2018 March 7, 2018
March 2018 April 9, 2018
April 2018 May 7, 2018
May 2018 June 7, 2018
June 2018 July 6, 2018
July 2018 August 7, 2018
August 2018 September 7, 2018
September 2018 October 5, 2018
October 2018 November 7, 2018
November 2018 December 7, 2018
December 2018 January 7, 2019
   
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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 2017, the scheduled dates for issuing the press releases are as follows:
 
October 9 SDDS International Reserves
(Hong Kong's Latest Foreign Currency Reserve Assets Figures)
 
October 13 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/Monday, October 9, 2017
Issued at HKT 17:35
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