The quarterly schedule is issued in the second month of each quarter (i.e. February, May, August and November), covering the EFBNs tenders in the following quarter.
All tender dates, tender sizes and issue dates given are tentative. Details of new issues of Bills will be confirmed and announced at least 4 business days prior to the respective tender dates. Details of new issues of Notes will be confirmed and announced 7 business days prior to the respective tender dates. The HKMA may adjust the schedule in the light of prevailing market conditions.
API Detailed Documentation
API URL:
https://api.hkma.gov.hk/public/market-data-and-statistics/other/issuance-schedules?lang=enRequest Parameters (Mandatory)
| Parameter Name | Description |
|---|---|
| lang | To input the language selected to output Format: lang=(en|tc) Example: lang=tc |
| Output Fields (JSON) | Swagger Format |
| Name | Type | Unit Of Measure | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| tender_date | Date | Tentative Tender Date Year and Month in ISO format yyyy-mm-dd, For example, 1997-01-31 |
|
| issue_type | Text | Issue Types1 | |
| t_issue_date | Date | Tentative Issue Date Year and Month in ISO format yyyy-mm-dd, For example, 1997-01-31 |
|
| tender_size | Text | Tentative Tender Size2 |
Footnotes:
| 1. Actual tenors may differ slightly due to market holidays. |
| 2. As each issue of 91-day Bills includes an amount to cover recent interest payments on the outstanding total of EFBNs, the size of each issue of 91-day Bills cannot be projected with precision and is to be announced at least 4 business days prior to the tender date. The figures provided above represent rollover amounts taking into account planned adjustments to the maturity spectrum of the EFBNs portfolio. |
API Examples
Javascript Example
$.ajax({url: 'https://api.hkma.gov.hk/public/market-data-and-statistics/other/issuance-schedules?lang=en&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/other/issuance-schedules?lang=en&offset=0'with urllib.request.urlopen (url) as req:print (req.read())