Hong Kong’s Latest Foreign Currency Reserve Assets Figures Released
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) announced today (7 February)
that the official foreign currency reserve assets of Hong Kong
amounted to US$421. 5 billion as at the end of January 2025 (end-
December 2024: US$421. 5 billion) (Annex).
There were no
unsettled foreign exchange contracts at end-January 2025 and end-
December 2024.
The total foreign currency reserve assets of
US$421. 5 billion represent over five times the currency in
circulation or about 39% of Hong Kong dollar M3.
Annex
Hong Kong Monetary Authority 7 February 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 February
2025, the scheduled dates for issuing the press releases are as
follows: 7 February SDDS International Reserves (Hong Kong’s Latest
Foreign Currency Reserve Assets Figures) 14 February SDDS Analytical
Accounts of the Central Bank (Analytical Accounts of the Exchange
Fund) 28 February SDDS Template on International Reserves and Foreign
Currency Liquidity 28 February Exchange Fund Abridged Balance Sheet
and Currency Board Account