Source: Xinhuanet

05-15-2007 10:11

Special Report:   HK 10 Years

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) said Monday that the foreign assets of Hong Kong's Exchange Fund increased 8.5 billion HK dollars (1.08 billion U.S. dollars) in April.

Foreign assets, representing the external assets of the Exchange Fund, amounted to 1,022.8 billion HK dollars at the end of April, according to figures released by HKMA.

The Monetary Base, comprising Certificates of Indebtedness, Government issued currency notes and coins in circulation, the Aggregate Balance of the banking system and Exchange Fund Bills and Notes issued, amounted to 298.2 billion HK dollars.

Claims on the private sector in Hong Kong amounted to 75.3 billion HK dollars.

Foreign liabilities, representing mainly obligations under repurchase agreements, amounted to 1.8 billion HK dollars.

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). (One U. S. dollar equals 7.806 HK dollars)

 

Editor:Chen Ge