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Appendices

Table 12

(Chapter 4: Financial and Monetary Affairs)

Exchange Fund Abridged Balance Sheet

Assets

6

HK$ Million

As at end of year

2008

2012

2013

Foreign currency assets

1,443,371

2,587,785

2,804,963

Hong Kong dollar assets

116,961

193,312

227,855

1,560,332

2,781,097

3,032,818

Liabilities

Certificates of Indebtedness

176,093

289,837

327,372

Government-issued currency notes and

8,266

9,934

10,575

coins in circulation

Balance of the banking system

158,038

255,851

164,093

Exchange Fund Bills and Notes issued

162,554

688,484

782,605

Placements by Fiscal Reserves

531,370

717,536

773,862

Other liabilities

43,526

195,571

336,803

1,079,847

2,157,213

2,395,310

Fund Equity

480,485

623,884

637,508

Note: The Exchange Fund Abridged Balance Sheet is extracted from the Exchange Fund Balance Sheet published in the Hong

Kong Monetary Authority's Monthly Statistical Bulletin.

Source: Hong Kong Monetary Authority

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