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 2025.
      
     Foreign assets, representing the external assets of the Exchange Fund, decreased during the month by HK$28.1 billion to HK$3,459.1 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$2,020.2 billion.
      
     Claims on the private sector in Hong Kong amounted to HK$350.0 billion.
      
     Foreign liabilities amounted to HK$33.6 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 2026 is announced below:
 

Reference Month	Release Date
January 2026	February 13, 2026
February 2026	March 13, 2026
March 2026	April 14, 2026
April 2026	May 14, 2026
May 2026	June 12, 2026
June 2026	July 14, 2026
July 2026	August 14, 2026
August 2026	September 14, 2026
September 2026	October 14, 2026
October 2026	November 13, 2026
November 2026	December 14, 2026
December 2026	January 14, 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 the International Monetary Fund's 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 (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/Tuesday, October 14, 2025
Issued at HKT 16:37

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