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The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) released today (December 29) analytical data on the Hong Kong SAR's foreign currency reserves and foreign currency liquidity at the end of November 2006 (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.
For further enquiries, please contact:
Sara Yip, Manager (Press), at 2878 8246 or
Hing-fung Wong, Officer (Press), at 2878 1802
Hong Kong Monetary Authority
December 29, 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 December 2006, the scheduled dates for issuing the press releases are as follows:
December 7 SDDS International Reserves (Hong
(Issued) Kong's Latest Foreign Currency Reserve
Assets Figures)
December 14 SDDS Analytical Accounts of the
(Issued) Central Bank (Analytical Accounts of
the Exchange Fund)
December 22 Exchange Fund Abridged Balance Sheet
(Issued) and Currency Board Account
December 29 SDDS Template on International
Reserves and Foreign Currency
Liquidity
Ends/Friday, December 29, 2006
Issued at HKT 16:30
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