HKMA publishes end-September reserves data and sets 2027 SDDS release calendar
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The HKMA has issued its monthly International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity data for end-September 2026 under the IMF's Special Data Dissemination Standard, and has set out the full release calendar for 2027. This is a routine transparency publication, but the forward calendar is the operational detail worth noting for anyone tracking Hong Kong reserve disclosures.
- The HKMA released foreign currency reserves and liquidity data for end-September 2026 on 30 October 2026, published under the IMF's SDDS.
- The 2027 release calendar runs from 26 February 2027 for January data through to 31 January 2028 for December 2027 data.
- Four press releases on Exchange Fund data are issued each month: three under SDDS and one on the Abridged Balance Sheet and Currency Board Account.
- The detailed data figures are set out in an Annex to the release.
Executive summary
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority released on 30 October 2026 the analytical data on the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region's foreign currency reserves and foreign currency liquidity as at the end of September 2026. The figures are contained in an…
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https://www.hkma.gov.hk/eng/news-and-media/press-releases/2026/10/20261030-4/Read by Regulus 30 Oct 2026 at 11:04 UTC
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