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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

2010

2014

2015

Foreign currency assets

2,149,770

2,987,918

3,272,988

Hong Kong dollar assets

195,214

164,170

155,924

2,344,984

3,152,088

3,428,912

Liabilities

Certificates of Indebtedness

225,939

340,184

357,863

Government-issued currency notes and

8,899

11,028

11,335

coins in circulation

Balance of the banking system

148,702

239,183

391,343

Exchange Fund Bills and Notes issued

654,221

752,446

827,792

Placements by Fiscal Reserves

592,282

788,681

833,548

Other liabilities

123,438

385,045

461,844

1,753,481

2,516,567

2,883,725

Fund Equity

591,503

635,521

545,187

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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