On Tue, 14 Jul, the HKMA released the Exchange Fund's key analytical accounts for end-June 2026, showing foreign assets at HK$3,680.7 billion and a Monetary Base of HK$2,075.0 billion.
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On Tue, 14 Jul, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority ("HKMA") released today (14 July) the key analytical accounts of the Exchange Fund at the end of June 2026. Foreign assets representing external holdings decreased by HK$1.0 billion to HK$3,680.7 billion. The Monetary Base, including Certificates of Indebtedness, Government currency, banking system balances, and Exchange Fund Bills and Notes, totalled HK$2,075.0 billion. Claims on the private sector in Hong Kong stood at HK$409.8 billion against foreign liabilities of HK$126.4 billion.
Regulatory Compliance and Disclosure Framework
The analytical accounts are published in accordance with the International Monetary Fund’s Special Data Dissemination Standard ("SDDS"). Currently, the HKMA issues four monthly press releases regarding the Exchange Fund, with three disseminating monetary data under SDDS and the fourth disclosing the Abridged Balance Sheet and Currency Board Account per the HKMA’s transparency policy.
July 2026 Press Release Schedule
For July 2026, scheduled issuance dates include 7 July for SDDS International Reserves (Issued) (Hong Kong’s Latest Foreign Currency Reserve Assets Figures), 14 July for SDDS Analytical Accounts of the Central Bank (Analytical Accounts of the Exchange Fund), and 31 July for both the SDDS Template on International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity and the Exchange Fund Abridged Balance Sheet and Currency Board Account.
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