Hong Kong's Latest Foreign Currency Reserve Assets Figures Released
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The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) announced today (October 8) that the official foreign currency reserve assets of Hong Kong amounted to US$419.2 billion as at the end of September 2025 (end-August 2025: US$421.6 billion) (Annex).
Including unsettled foreign exchange contracts, the foreign currency reserve assets of Hong Kong at the end of September 2025 amounted to US$418.9 billion (end-August 2025: US$421.1 billion).
The total foreign currency reserve assets of US$419.2 billion represent over five times the currency in circulation or about 37 per cent of Hong Kong dollar M3.
Release calendar
The release calendar of foreign currency reserve assets for 2026 is announced below:
| Reference Month | Release Date |
| January 2026 | February 6, 2026 |
| February 2026 | March 6, 2026 |
| March 2026 | April 9, 2026 |
| April 2026 | May 7, 2026 |
| May 2026 | June 5, 2026 |
| June 2026 | July 7, 2026 |
| July 2026 | August 7, 2026 |
| August 2026 | September 7, 2026 |
| September 2026 | October 7, 2026 |
| October 2026 | November 6, 2026 |
| November 2026 | December 7, 2026 |
| December 2026 | January 7, 2027 |
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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 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 2025, the scheduled dates for issuing the press releases are as follows:
| October 8 | 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/Wednesday, October 8, 2025
Issued at HKT 16:30
Issued at HKT 16:30
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