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Exchange Fund Bills tender results

The following is issued on behalf of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority:

     Exchange Fund Bills tender results:
 

Tender date : December 31, 2024
Paper on offer : EF Bills
Issue number : Q2501
Issue date : January 2, 2025
Maturity date : April 2, 2025
Amount applied : HK$155,250 MN
Amount allotted : HK$66,467 MN
Average yield accepted : 3.91 PCT
Highest yield accepted : 3.95 PCT
Pro rata ratio* : About 23 PCT
Average tender yield : 4.09 PCT
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Tender date : December 31, 2024
Paper on offer : EF Bills
Issue number : H2530
Issue date : January 2, 2025
Maturity date : July 2, 2025
Amount applied : HK$54,200 MN
Amount allotted : HK$20,400 MN
Average yield accepted : 3.69 PCT
Highest yield accepted : 3.72 PCT
Pro rata ratio* : About 13 PCT
Average tender yield : 3.78 PCT
 
*”Pro rata ratio” refers to the average percentage of allotment with respect to each tender participant’s tendered amount at the “highest yield accepted” level.
 
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     Hong Kong Monetary Authority tenders to be held in the week beginning January 6, 2025:
 
Tender date : January 7, 2025
Paper on offer : EF Bills
Issue number : Q2502
Issue date : January 8, 2025
Maturity date : April 9, 2025
Tenor : 91 Days
Amount on offer : HK$67,243 MN
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Tender date : January 7, 2025
Paper on offer : EF Bills
Issue number : H2531
Issue date : January 8, 2025
Maturity date : July 9, 2025
Tenor : 182 Days
Amount on offer : HK$19,800 MN
 
 
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International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity

The following is issued on behalf of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority:

     The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) released today (December 31) the analytical data on the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region’s foreign currency reserves and foreign currency liquidity as at the end of November 2024 (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).
  
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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 December 2024, the scheduled dates for issuing the press releases are as follows:
 

December 6
(Issued)
SDDS International Reserves
(Hong Kong’s Latest Foreign Currency Reserve Assets Figures)
December 13 (Issued) SDDS Analytical Accounts of the Central Bank
(Analytical Accounts of the Exchange Fund)
December 31 SDDS Template on International Reserves and
Foreign Currency Liquidity
December 31 Exchange Fund Abridged Balance Sheet and
Currency Board Account
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