The Exchange Fund’s total assets amounted to $3.6299 trillion at the end of December, up $40.1 billion on November, the Monetary Authority announced today.
Foreign currency assets increased by $27.6 billion, while Hong Kong dollar assets were up $12.5 billion.
The Monetary Base at the end of December rose $21.0 billion to $1.6419 trillion.
Backing Assets increased by $21.1 billion to $1.7518 trillion
The backing ratio decreased to 106.70%.