The following is issued on behalf of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority:

     The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) released today (October 13) the key analytical accounts of the Exchange Fund at the end of September 2023.
      
     Foreign assets, representing the external assets of the Exchange Fund, decreased during the month by HK$25.6 billion to HK$3,457.8 billion.
      
     The Monetary Base, comprising Certificates of Indebtedness, Governmentýÿissued currency notes and coins in circulation, the balance of the banking system and Exchange Fund Bills and Notes issued, amounted to HK$1,881.1 billion.
      
     Claims on the private sector in Hong Kong amounted to HK$269.9 billion.
      
     Foreign liabilities amounted to HK$22.1 billion.
      
     The analytical accounts of the Exchange Fund are released in accordance with the International Monetary Fund's Special Data Dissemination Standard (SDDS) and are referred to as the Analytical Accounts of the Central Bank under SDDS (Annex).
 
Release calendar
 
     The release calendar of the Analytical Accounts of the Exchange Fund for 2024 is announced below:
 

Reference Month	Release Date
January 2024	February 15, 2024
February 2024	March 14, 2024
March 2024	April 12, 2024
April 2024	May 14, 2024
May 2024	June 14, 2024
June 2024	July 12, 2024
July 2024	August 14, 2024
August 2024	September 13, 2024
September 2024	October 14, 2024
October 2024	November 14, 2024
November 2024	December 13, 2024
December 2024	January 14, 2025

 
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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 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 2023, the scheduled dates for issuing the press releases are as follows:
 

October 6 (Issued)	SDDS International Reserves (Hong Kong's Latest Foreign Currency Reserve Assets Figures)
October 13	SDDS Analytical Accounts of the Central Bank (Analytical Accounts of the Exchange Fund)
October 31	SDDS Template on International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity
October 31	Exchange Fund Abridged Balance Sheet and Currency Board Account

Ends/Friday, October 13, 2023
Issued at HKT 17:05

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