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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

2012

2016

2017

Foreign currency assets

2,587,785

3,394,882

3,792,865

Hong Kong dollar assets

193,312

223,824

230,672

2,781,097

3,618,706

4,023,537

Liabilities

Certificates of Indebtedness

289,837

405,345

456,726

Government-issued currency notes and

9,934

11,928

12,213

coins in circulation

Balance of the banking system

255,851

259,593

179,790

Exchange Fund Bills and Notes issued

688,484

960,982

1,045,749

Placements by Fiscal Reserves

717,536

914,598

1,073,794

Other liabilities

195,571

519,747

540,341

2,157,213

3,072,193

3,308,613

Fund Equity

623,884

546,513

714,924

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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