The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) published Hong Kong’s latest foreign currency reserve assets figures, reporting official reserves of USD 419.2 billion as at the end of September 2025, down from USD 421.6 billion at end-August 2025. Including unsettled foreign exchange contracts, reserves stood at USD 418.9 billion (end-August 2025: USD 421.1 billion). HKMA reported that the USD 419.2 billion in official reserves represents over five times the currency in circulation, or about 37% of Hong Kong dollar M3. It also set out the 2026 publication schedule for monthly reserve figures, with releases running from 6 February 2026 (January reference month) through 7 January 2027 (December reference month). The release note reiterated that HKMA issues four monthly press releases on the Exchange Fund’s data, including three releases aligned with the International Monetary Fund’s Special Data Dissemination Standard (SDDS) and a fourth on the Exchange Fund’s abridged balance sheet and the Currency Board Account. For October 2025, the next scheduled releases were listed as 14 October (SDDS Analytical Accounts of the Central Bank) and 31 October (SDDS Template on International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity, and the Exchange Fund Abridged Balance Sheet and Currency Board Account).

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