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The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) released today (January 31) analytical data on the Hong Kong SAR's foreign currency reserves and foreign currency liquidity at the end of December 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
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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 January 2007, the scheduled dates for issuing the press releases are as follows:
January 8 SDDS International Reserves
(Issued) (Hong Kong's Latest Foreign Currency
Reserve Assets Figures)
January 15 SDDS Analytical Accounts of
(Issued) the Central Bank
(Analytical Accounts of
the Exchange Fund)
January 26 Exchange Fund Abridged Balance Sheet
(Issued) and Currency Board Account
January 31 SDDS Template on International
Reserves and Foreign Currency
Liquidity
Ends/Wednesday, January 31, 2007
Issued at HKT 16:35
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