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Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

Per Capita GDP

Growth rate in money terms:

GDP

Per Capita GDP

- 15

5.0

5.0

3.0

2.8

12

10

11

9

Rate of increase in:

GDP Deflator

7.0

5.7

Domestic Demand Deflator

8.1

7.5

Consumer Price Index (A)

9.0

9.0

End/Friday, November 24, 1995

Amount of foreign currency assets announced

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) announced today (Friday) that the amount of foreign currency assets held by the Exchange Fund, excluding forward transactions which had not yet been settled, amounted to US$51.8 billion at the end of September.

:

Including forward transactions to be settled, the Exchange Fund's foreign currency assets at the end of September amounted to US$54.6 billion.

The forward transactions arose as a result of temporarily swapping US dollars back into Hong Kong dollars during the third quarter to meet seasonal drawdowns of fiscal reserves deposited with the Exchange Fund.

Compared with the end of June, the amount of foreign currency assets in the Exchange Fund, including forward transactions, increased by 1.9% or US$1 billion.