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

     The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) released today (October 31) the analytical data on the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region's foreign currency reserves and foreign currency liquidity as at the end of September 2017 (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.

Release calendar
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     The release calendar of the Template on International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity for 2018 is announced below:
 

Reference Month	Release Date
January 2018	February 28, 2018
February 2018	March 29, 2018
March 2018	April 30, 2018
April 2018	May 31, 2018
May 2018	June 29, 2018
June 2018	July 31, 2018
July 2018	August 31, 2018
August 2018	September 28, 2018
September 2018	October 31, 2018
October 2018	November 30, 2018
November 2018	December 31, 2018
December 2018	January 31, 2019

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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 2017, the scheduled dates for issuing the press releases are as follows:
 

October 9 (Issued)	SDDS International Reserves (Hong Kong's Latest Foreign Currency Reserve Assets Figures)
October 13 (Issued)	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/Tuesday, October 31, 2017
Issued at HKT 16:30

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