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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

2013

2017

2018

Foreign currency assets

2,804,963

3,784,572

3,749,739

Hong Kong dollar assets

227,855

230,685

305,160

3,032,818

4,015,257

4,054,899

Liabilities

Certificates of Indebtedness

327,372

456,726

485,666

Government-issued currency notes and

10,575

12,213

12,639

coins in circulation

Balance of the banking system

164,093

179,790

78,584

Exchange Fund Bills and Notes issued

782,605

1,045,748

1,129,610

Placements by Fiscal Reserves

773,862

1,073,794

1,173,484

Other liabilities

336,803

533,846

564,592

2,395,310

3,302,117

3,444,575

Fund Equity

637,508

713,140

610,324

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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