Hong Kong's latest foreign currency reserve assets figures released
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The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) announced today (April 11) that the official foreign currency reserve assets of Hong Kong amounted to US$430.7 billion as at the end of March 2023 (end-February 2023: US$429.1 billion) (Annex).
Including unsettled foreign exchange contracts, the foreign currency reserve assets of Hong Kong at the end of March 2023 amounted to US$430.3 billion (end-February 2023: US$428.9 billion).
The total foreign currency reserve assets of US$430.7 billion represent over five times the currency in circulation or about 41 per cent of Hong Kong dollar M3.
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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 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 April 2023, the scheduled dates for issuing the press releases are as follows:
| April 11 | SDDS International Reserves (Hong Kong's Latest Foreign Currency Reserve Assets Figures) |
| April 14 | SDDS Analytical Accounts of the Central Bank (Analytical Accounts of the Exchange Fund) |
| April 28 | SDDS Template on International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity |
| April 28 | Exchange Fund Abridged Balance Sheet and Currency Board Account |
Ends/Tuesday, April 11, 2023
Issued at HKT 16:30
Issued at HKT 16:30
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