Exchange Fund Abridged Balance Sheet and Currency Board Account
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The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) announced today (September 30) that the total assets of the Exchange Fund amounted to HK$4,124.3 billion as at August 31, 2022, HK$92.1 billion lower than that at the end of July 2022. Foreign currency assets decreased by HK$87.5 billion and Hong Kong dollar assets decreased by HK$4.6 billion.
The decline in foreign currency assets was mainly due to the mark-to-market revaluation on investments and the sale of US dollars under the Currency Board arrangements. The decline in Hong Kong dollar assets was mainly due to the mark-to-market revaluation on Hong Kong equities.
The Currency Board Account shows that the Monetary Base at the end of August 2022 was HK$1,930.4 billion, decreased by HK$47.0 billion, or 2.4 per cent, from the end of July 2022. The decline was mainly due to the purchase of HK dollars under the Currency Board arrangements.
The amount of Backing Assets decreased by HK$54.8 billion, or 2.5 per cent, to HK$2,138.5 billion. The decrease was mainly attributable to the sale of US dollars under the Currency Board arrangements and the mark-to-market revaluation on investments. The backing ratio decreased from 110.92 per cent at the end of July 2022 to 110.78 per cent at the end of August 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 September 2022, the scheduled dates for issuing the press releases are as follows:
| September 7 (Issued) |
SDDS International Reserves (Hong Kong’s Latest Foreign Currency Reserve Assets Figures) |
| September 14 (Issued) |
SDDS Analytical Accounts of the Central Bank (Analytical Accounts of the Exchange Fund) |
| September 30 | SDDS Template on International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity |
| September 30 | Exchange Fund Abridged Balance Sheet and Currency Board Account |
Ends/Friday, September 30, 2022
Issued at HKT 16:40
Issued at HKT 16:40
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