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Appendices

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Table 12

(Chapter 4: Financial and Monetary Affairs)

Exchange Fund Abridged Balance Sheet

Assets

HK$ Million

As at end of year

2011

2015

2016

Foreign currency assets

2,326,174

3,266,846

3,406,134

Hong Kong dollar assets

161,858

156,024

223,814

2,488,032

3,422,870

3,629,948

Liabilities

Certificates of Indebtedness

258,702

357,863

405,345

Government-issued currency notes and

9,888

11,335

11,928

coins in circulation

Balance of the banking system

148,684

391,343

259,593

Exchange Fund Bills and Notes issued

655,750

827,792

960,982

Placements by Fiscal Reserves

663,507

833,548

914,598

Other liabilities

183,587

456,134

530,852

1,920,118

2,878,015

3,083,298

Fund Equity

567,914

544,855

546,650

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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