The Hong Kong Monetary Authority released Hong Kong’s latest official foreign currency reserve assets figures, showing reserves of USD 431.0 billion at the end of May 2025, up from USD 410.2 billion at the end of April 2025. Including unsettled foreign exchange contracts, reserves were USD 430.9 billion, compared with USD 409.4 billion a month earlier. The USD 431.0 billion total represents over five times the currency in circulation and about 38% of Hong Kong dollar M3. The HKMA also reiterated that it issues four Exchange Fund data press releases each month, including three releases aligned with the International Monetary Fund’s Special Data Dissemination Standard and a fourth covering the Exchange Fund’s abridged balance sheet and the Currency Board Account. For June 2025, the remaining scheduled releases are the SDDS Analytical Accounts of the Central Bank (Analytical Accounts of the Exchange Fund) on 13 June, and both the SDDS Template on International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity and the Exchange Fund Abridged Balance Sheet and Currency Board Account on 30 June.
Hong Kong Monetary Authority 2025-06-06
Hong Kong Monetary Authority reports foreign currency reserves rise to USD 431.0 billion at end-May 2025
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority reported an increase in Hong Kong's foreign currency reserve assets to USD 431.0 billion at the end of May 2025, up from USD 410.2 billion in April. Including unsettled foreign exchange contracts, reserves were USD 430.9 billion. The HKMA issues four Exchange Fund data press releases monthly, with three aligned to the IMF’s Special Data Dissemination Standard.