Monetary Base – End of period figures – Hong Kong Monetary Authority

API Detailed Documentation

API URL:

https://api.hkma.gov.hk/public/market-data-and-statistics/monthly-statistical-bulletin/monetary-operation/monetary-base-endperiod

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
cert_of_indebt	Number	HK$ million	Certificates of Indebtedness
gov_notes_coins_circulation	Number	HK$ million	Government notes/coins in circulation
aggr_balance_bf_disc_win	Number	HK$ million	Aggregate Balance before Discount Window
outstanding_efbn	Number	HK$ million	Outstanding Exchange Fund Bills and Notes
ow_lb_bf_disc_win	Number	HK$ million	Of which: held by licensed banks before Discount Window
mb_bf_disc_win_total	Number	HK$ million	Total Monetary Base before Discount Window¹

Footnotes:

1. Size of the Monetary Base was published since 25 November 1998.

API Examples

Javascript Example

$.ajax({
url: 'https://api.hkma.gov.hk/public/market-data-and-statistics/monthly-statistical-bulletin/monetary-operation/monetary-base-endperiod?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/monetary-operation/monetary-base-endperiod?offset=0'
with urllib.request.urlopen (url) as req:
print (req.read())

How to use the APIs

To learn more, please visit API documentation.