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 2022.

     Foreign assets, representing the external assets of the Exchange Fund, decreased during the month by HK$100.5 billion to HK$3,475.6 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$1,931.6 billion.

     Claims on the private sector in Hong Kong amounted to HK$285.5 billion.

     Foreign liabilities amounted to HK$23.2 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 2023 is announced below:
 

Reference Month	Release Date
January 2023	February 14, 2023
February 2023	March 14, 2023
March 2023	April 14, 2023
April 2023	May 12, 2023
May 2023	June 14, 2023
June 2023	July 14, 2023
July 2023	August 14, 2023
August 2023	September 14, 2023
September 2023	October 13, 2023
October 2023	November 14, 2023
November 2023	December 14, 2023
December 2023	January 12, 2024

 
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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 2022, the scheduled dates for issuing the press releases are as follows:
 

7 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, 2022
Issued at HKT 16:30

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