Foreign currency position – Japanese yen – Hong Kong Monetary Authority

API Detailed Documentation

API URL:

https://api.hkma.gov.hk/public/market-data-and-statistics/monthly-statistical-bulletin/banking/fc-position-jpy

Output Fields (JSON)

Swagger Format

Name	Type	Unit Of Measure	Description
end_of_month	Date		As at end of Year and Month in ISO format yyyy-mm, For example, 1997-01
spot_assets	Number	HK$ million	Japanese yen Spot assets
forward_purchases	Number	HK$ million	Japanese yen Forward purchases
spot_liabilities	Number	HK$ million	Japanese yen Spot liabilities
forward_sales	Number	HK$ million	Japanese yen Forward sales
net_spot_position	Number	HK$ million	Japanese yen Net spot position
net_forward_position	Number	HK$ million	Japanese yen Net forward position
open_position	Number	HK$ million	Japanese yen Open position

Footnotes:

1. As from July 1990, foreign currency positions are redefined to exclude structural assets and liabilities (including investment in fixed assets and premises, overseas branch capital, investments in overseas subsidiaries and related companies and loan capital).

API Examples

Javascript Example

$.ajax({
url: 'https://api.hkma.gov.hk/public/market-data-and-statistics/monthly-statistical-bulletin/banking/fc-position-jpy?offset=0',
dataType:'json',
success:function(data){
alert('results found:'+ data.result.datasize)
}
});

Python Example

import urllib.request
url = 'https://api.hkma.gov.hk/public/market-data-and-statistics/monthly-statistical-bulletin/banking/fc-position-jpy?offset=0'
with urllib.request.urlopen (url) as req:
print (req.read())

How to use the APIs

To learn more, please visit API documentation.