API Detailed Documentation
API URL:
https://api.hkma.gov.hk/public/market-data-and-statistics/monthly-statistical-bulletin/ef-fc-resv-assets/currency-board-account|
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| 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 | |
| mb_cert_of_indebt | Number | HK$ million | Monetary Base Certificates of Indebtedness |
| mb_gov_notes_coins_cir | Number | HK$ million | Monetary Base Government-issued currency notes and coins in circulation |
| mb_efbn_issued | Number | HK$ million | Monetary Base Exchange Fund Bills and Notes issued1,2,3 |
| mb_interest_payable_efn | Number | HK$ million | Monetary Base Interest payable on Exchange Fund Notes |
| mb_bal_bank_system | Number | HK$ million | Monetary Base Balance of the banking system |
| mb_net_acc | Number | HK$ million | Monetary Base Net accounts (receivable)/payable1,2,4 |
| mb_total | Number | HK$ million | Monetary Base Total |
| ba_invest_usd_assets | Number | HK$ million | Backing Assets Investment in designated US$ assets |
| ba_interest_receivable_usd_assets | Number | HK$ million | Backing Assets Interest receivable on designated US$ assets |
| ba_net_acc | Number | HK$ million | Backing Assets Net accounts receivable/(payable)5 |
| ba_total | Number | HK$ million | Backing Assets Total |
| backing_ratio | Number | % | Backing Ratio6 |
Footnotes:
| 1. Discount Window Operations involve Hong Kong dollar overnight advances made to banks by way of crediting their accounts maintained with the HKMA (which is part of the balance of the banking system) on discounting Exchange Fund Bills and Notes and other eligible paper. In accordance with generally accepted accounting practice, the Exchange Fund Bills and Notes discounted with the HKMA are not accounted for as reductions in the liabilities of the HKMA but are regarded as securities held against the advances so made. For the purpose of this Account, the advances to banks secured on Exchange Fund Bills and Notes are shown as deductions in arriving at the Monetary Base. |
| 2. Exchange Fund Bills and Notes issued on tender date but not yet settled are included in "Exchange Fund Bills and Notes issued". For the purpose of this Account, the corresponding accounts receivable are shown as deductions in arriving at the Monetary Base. |
| 3. Starting from 1 April 1999, interest payments on Exchange Fund Bills and Notes have been allowed to increase the amount of outstanding Exchange Fund papers. |
| 4. Starting from June 2001, Hong Kong dollar interest rate swaps have been used as a means to manage the cost of issuing Exchange Fund Notes. For the purpose of this Account, interest payable/(receivable) and revaluation losses/(gains) on these interest rate swaps are shown as a component of the Monetary Base. |
| 5. This represents the net amount of receivable and payable for unsettled transactions of investments and issuance/redemption of Certificates of Indebtedness. |
| 6. The backing ratio is defined as the ratio between the market value of the Backing Portfolio and the market value of the Monetary Base. |
API Examples
Javascript Example
$.ajax({url: 'https://api.hkma.gov.hk/public/market-data-and-statistics/monthly-statistical-bulletin/ef-fc-resv-assets/currency-board-account?offset=0',dataType:'json',success:function(data){alert('results found:'+ data.result.datasize)}});
Python Example
import urllib.requesturl = 'https://api.hkma.gov.hk/public/market-data-and-statistics/monthly-statistical-bulletin/ef-fc-resv-assets/currency-board-account?offset=0'with urllib.request.urlopen (url) as req:print (req.read())