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May 7, 2007

Monetary Authority
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Foreign-currency reserve assets hit US$136.8b
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Hong Kong's foreign-currency reserve assets rose to US$136.8 billion in April, up US$1.4 billion on March, the Monetary Authority says. This represent about seven times the currency in circulation, or 36% of Hong Kong dollar M3.

 

Including unsettled forward contracts, the foreign-currency reserve assets also stood at US$136.8 billion.

 

Hong Kong is the world's eighth largest holder of foreign-currency reserves, after the Mainland, Japan, Russia, Taiwan, Korea, India and Singapore.

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