The following is issued on behalf of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority:
 
     The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) released today (October 14) the key analytical accounts of the Exchange Fund at the end of September 2020.
      
     Foreign assets, representing the external assets of the Exchange Fund, increased during the month by HK$25.1 billion to HK$3,706.6 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$1,896.4 billion.
      
     Claims on the private sector in Hong Kong amounted to HK$250.1 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).
 
Release calendar
 
     The release calendar of the Analytical Accounts of the Exchange Fund for 2021 is announced below:
 

Reference Month	Release Date
January 2021	February 11, 2021
February 2021	March 12, 2021
March 2021	April 14, 2021
April 2021	May 14, 2021
May 2021	June 11, 2021
June 2021	July 14, 2021
July 2021	August 13, 2021
August 2021	September 14, 2021
September 2021	October 13, 2021
October 2021	November 12, 2021
November 2021	December 14, 2021
December 2021	January 14, 2022

 
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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 2020, 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	SDDS Analytical Accounts of the Central Bank (Analytical Accounts of the Exchange Fund)
October 30	SDDS Template on International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity
October 30	Exchange Fund Abridged Balance Sheet and Currency Board Account

 

Ends/Wednesday, October 14, 2020
Issued at HKT 16:30

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