Analytical accounts of the Exchange Fund – Hong Kong Monetary Authority

API Detailed Documentation

API URL:

https://api.hkma.gov.hk/public/market-data-and-statistics/monthly-statistical-bulletin/ef-fc-resv-assets/ef-analyt-acct

API Data Enquiry

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
monetary_base	Number	HK$ million	Monetary Base
claims_hksar_gov	Number	HK$ million	Claims on the HKSAR Government
claims_private_sector	Number	HK$ million	Claims on the Private Sector in Hong Kong
foreign_assets	Number	HK$ million	Foreign Assets¹
foreign_liabilities	Number	HK$ million	Foreign Liabilities²

Footnotes:

1. Foreign Assets represent the external assets of the Exchange Fund which exclude foreign currency deposits placed with and certificates of deposit issued by banks in Hong Kong.

2. Foreign Liabilities include obligations under repurchase agreements, securities lending with cash collateral arrangements and fees payable to the Exchange Fund's external managers.

API Examples

Javascript Example

$.ajax({
url: 'https://api.hkma.gov.hk/public/market-data-and-statistics/monthly-statistical-bulletin/ef-fc-resv-assets/ef-analyt-acct?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/ef-fc-resv-assets/ef-analyt-acct?offset=0'
with urllib.request.urlopen (url) as req:
print (req.read())

How to use the APIs

To learn more, please visit API documentation.