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Hong Kong's official foreign currency reserve assets amounted to US$127 billion at the end of April, US$1.1 billion more than March, the Monetary Authority says.
The figure represents more than six times the currency in circulation or about 40% of Hong Kong dollar M3.
Including unsettled forward contracts, the foreign currency reserve assets of Hong Kong also stood at US$127 billion.
Hong Kong is the world's eighth largest holder of foreign currency reserves after the Mainland, Japan, Taiwan, Russia, South Korea, India and Singapore.
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