International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity
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The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) released today (October 29) the analytical data on the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region's foreign currency reserves and foreign currency liquidity as at the end of September 2021 (see 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 (SDDS).
Release calendar
The release calendar of the Template on International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity for 2022 is announced below:
| Reference month | Release date |
| January 2022 | February 28, 2022 |
| February 2022 | March 31, 2022 |
| March 2022 | April 29, 2022 |
| April 2022 | May 31, 2022 |
| May 2022 | June 30, 2022 |
| June 2022 | July 29, 2022 |
| July 2022 | August 31, 2022 |
| August 2022 | September 30, 2022 |
| September 2022 | October 31, 2022 |
| October 2022 | November 30, 2022 |
| November 2022 | December 30, 2022 |
| December 2022 | January 31, 2023 |
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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 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 2021, 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 13 (Issued) |
SDDS Analytical Accounts of the Central Bank (Analytical Accounts of the Exchange Fund) |
| October 29 | SDDS Template on International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity |
| October 29 | Exchange Fund Abridged Balance Sheet and Currency Board Account |
Ends/Friday, October 29, 2021
Issued at HKT 16:30
Issued at HKT 16:30
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