Hong Kong’s Latest Foreign Currency Reserve Assets Figures Released
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) announced today (7 January)
that the official foreign currency reserve assets of Hong Kong
amounted to US$421. 4 billion as at the end of December 2024 (end-
November 2024: US$425. 1 billion) (Annex).
There were no
unsettled foreign exchange contracts at end-December and end-November
2024.
The total foreign currency reserve assets of US$421. 4
billion represent over five times the currency in circulation or about
39% of Hong Kong dollar M3.
Annex
Hong Kong Monetary
Authority 7 January 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 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 January 2025, the scheduled dates
for issuing the press releases are as follows: 7 January SDDS
International Reserves (Hong Kong’s Latest Foreign Currency Reserve
Assets Figures) 14 January SDDS Analytical Accounts of the Central
Bank (Analytical Accounts of the Exchange Fund) 28 January SDDS
Template on International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity 28
January Exchange Fund Abridged Balance Sheet and Currency Board
Account