The Hong Kong Monetary Authority published updated figures for Hong Kong’s official foreign currency reserve assets, reporting a decline to USD 430.8 billion as at end-March 2026. Including unsettled foreign exchange contracts, foreign currency reserve assets totalled USD 430.5 billion at end-March 2026. This compared with USD 439.3 billion at end-February 2026 on both measures. The end-March official total was stated to be over five times the currency in circulation and about 38% of Hong Kong dollar M3. The HKMA also set out the April 2026 release calendar for four Exchange Fund data press releases, comprising three releases under the International Monetary Fund’s Special Data Dissemination Standard and a fourth on the Exchange Fund’s abridged balance sheet and the Currency Board Account. The scheduled dates are 9 April (SDDS international reserves), 14 April (SDDS analytical accounts of the central bank), and 30 April (SDDS template on international reserves and foreign currency liquidity, and the Exchange Fund abridged balance sheet and Currency Board Account).
Hong Kong Monetary Authority 2026-04-09
Hong Kong Monetary Authority reports Hong Kong foreign currency reserves at USD 430.8 billion at end-March 2026
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority reported that Hong Kong’s official foreign currency reserve assets fell to USD 430.8 billion at end-March 2026, or USD 430.5 billion including unsettled foreign exchange contracts, from USD 439.3 billion at end-February. The end-March total was over five times the currency in circulation and about 38% of Hong Kong dollar M3. The authority also published the April 2026 release calendar for four Exchange Fund data press releases under the IMF’s Special Data Dissemination Standard and for the Exchange Fund’s abridged balance sheet and Currency Board Account.