Operating expenses of the Exchange Fund – Hong Kong Monetary Authority

API Detailed Documentation

API URL:

https://api.hkma.gov.hk/public/market-data-and-statistics/other/ef-operating-expenses

Output Fields (JSON)

Swagger Format

Name	Type	Unit Of Measure	Description
end_of_year	Date		For the year ended Year format yyyy For example, 2022
ef_type	Text		Accounts¹
changeable_figures	String		Changeable figures^*
staff_salaries	Number	HK$ million	Staff costs Salaries and other staff costs
staff_retirement	Number	HK$ million	Staff costs Retirement benefit costs
premises_equipment_depreciation	Number	HK$ million	Premises and equipment expenses Depreciation
premises_equipment_rental	Number	HK$ million	Premises and equipment expenses Rental expenses under operating leases
premises_equipment_other	Number	HK$ million	Premises and equipment expenses Other premises expenses
general_operate_equipment_maintenance	Number	HK$ million	General operating costs Maintenance of office and computer equipment
general_operate_fin_infra_operate	Number	HK$ million	General operating costs Financial infrastructure operation
general_operate_professional	Number	HK$ million	General operating costs Professional, consulting and other services
general_operate_fin_info_comm_services	Number	HK$ million	General operating costs Financial information and communication services
general_operate_publicity	Number	HK$ million	General operating costs Public education and publicity²
general_operate_external_relations	Number	HK$ million	General operating costs External relations²
general_operate_training	Number	HK$ million	General operating costs Training
general_operate_invest_operating_expenses	Number	HK$ million	General operating costs Expenses relating to investment properties Operating expenses
general_operate_invest_lease_payment	Number	HK$ million	General operating costs Expenses relating to investment properties Variable lease payment expenses
general_operate_others	Number	HK$ million	General operating costs Others
full_guarantee_gov_operating_expenses	Number	HK$ million	Recovery of operating expenses for loans with full guarantee from the HKSAR Government
operating_result_insurance_business	Number	HK$ million	Operating result of insurance business
invest_fee_management_fees	Number	HK$ million	Investment management and custodian fees Management and custodian fees
invest_fee_transaction_cost	Number	HK$ million	Investment management and custodian fees Transaction costs
invest_fee_tax	Number	HK$ million	Investment management and custodian fees Withholding tax
invest_fee_professional_fees	Number	HK$ million	Investment management and custodian fees Professional fees and others
total_operating_expenses	Number	HK$ million	Total operating expenses

Footnotes:

1. The operating expenses of group comprise the accounts of the Exchange Fund and those of the subsidiary companies.

2. Starting from year 2014, "Public education and publicity" has been demerged from "External relations".

* Subject to change due to the adoption of new or revised accounting policies and reclassification.

API Examples

Javascript Example

$.ajax({
url: 'https://api.hkma.gov.hk/public/market-data-and-statistics/other/ef-operating-expenses',
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/other/ef-operating-expenses'
with urllib.request.urlopen (url) as req:
print (req.read())

How to use the APIs

To learn more, please visit API documentation.