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 From Hong Kong's Information Services Department
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June 14, 2006
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Monetary Authority

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Exchange Fund foreign assets up $8.3b
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The Exchange Fund's foreign assets amounted to $931.6 billion in May, up $8.3 billion on April, the Monetary Authority says.

 

The Monetary Base - comprising Certificates of Indebtedness, Government-issued currency notes and coins in circulation, the aggregate balance of the banking system and Exchange Fund bills and notes issued - amounted to $287.5 billion. 

 

Claims on the private sector in Hong Kong amounted to $52.2 billion.