International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity

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

     The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) released today (October 30) the analytical data on the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region's foreign currency reserves and foreign currency liquidity as at the end of September 2020 (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.

Release calendar

     The release calendar of the Template on International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity for 2021 is announced below:
 

Reference Month Release Date
January 2021 February 26, 2021
February 2021 March 31, 2021
March 2021 April 30, 2021
April 2021 May 31, 2021
May 2021 June 30, 2021
June 2021 July 30, 2021
July 2021 August 31, 2021
August 2021 September 30, 2021
September 2021 October 29, 2021
October 2021 November 30, 2021
November 2021 December 31, 2021
December 2021 January 31, 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
(Issued)
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

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