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

     The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) released today (October 14) the key analytical accounts of the Exchange Fund at the end of September 2016.
      
     Foreign assets, representing the external assets of the Exchange Fund, remained unchanged at HK$3,115.2 billion.
      
     The Monetary Base, comprising Certificates of Indebtedness, Government‑issued currency notes and coins in circulation, the balance of the banking system and Exchange Fund Bills and Notes issued, amounted to HK$1,618.0 billion.
      
     Claims on the private sector in Hong Kong amounted to HK$211.9 billion.
      
     Foreign liabilities, representing fees payable to the Exchange Fund’s external managers, amounted to HK$0.3 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).
      
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Release calendar
 
     The release calendar of the Analytical Accounts of the Exchange Fund for 2017 is announced below:
    

Reference Month -------------------	Release Date ---------------------
January 2017	February 14, 2017
February 2017	March 14, 2017
March 2017	April 13, 2017
April 2017	May 12, 2017
May 2017	June 14, 2017
June 2017	July 14, 2017
July 2017	August 14, 2017
August 2017	September 14, 2017
September 2017	October 13, 2017
October 2017	November 14, 2017
November 2017	December 14, 2017
December 2017	January 12, 2018

 
 
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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 October 2016, the scheduled dates for issuing the press releases are as follows:
      
 

October 7 (Issued)	SDDS International Reserves (Hong Kong’s Latest Foreign Currency Reserve Assets Figures)
October 14	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 14, 2016
Issued at HKT 17:25

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