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The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) released today (October 31) analytical data on the Hong Kong SAR's foreign currency reserves and foreign currency liquidity at the end of September 2006. 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 Liquidity Template for 2007 is announced below:
Reference Month Release Date
January 2007 February 28, 2007
February 2007 March 30, 2007
March 2007 April 30, 2007
April 2007 May 31, 2007
May 2007 June 29, 2007
June 2007 July 31, 2007
July 2007 August 31, 2007
August 2007 September 28, 2007
September 2007 October 31, 2007
October 2007 November 30, 2007
November 2007 December 31, 2007
December 2007 January 31, 2008
For further enquiries, please contact:
Hing-fung Wong, Officer (Press), at 2878 1802 or
Thomas Chan, Senior Manager (Press), at 2878 1480
Hong Kong Monetary Authority
October 31 2006
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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 2006, the scheduled dates for issuing the press releases are as follows:
October 9 SDDS International
(Issued) Reserves (Hong Kong's
Latest Foreign Currency
Reserve Assets Figures)
October 16 SDDS Analytical Accounts
(Issued) of the Central Bank
(Analytical Accounts of
the Exchange Fund)
October 27 Exchange Fund Abridged
(Issued) Balance Sheet and
Currency Board Account
October 31 SDDS Template on
International Reserves
and Foreign Currency
Liquidity
Ends/Tuesday, October 31, 2006
Issued at HKT 16:45
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