
Exchange Fund foreign assets rise by $23.8 billion
Amounted to $2.54 trillion in April.
The Monetary Authority said the monetary base comprising certificates of indebtedness, government-issued currency notes and coins in circulation, the aggregate balance and exchange fund bills and notes issued, amounted to $1.24 trillion.
Claims on the private sector in Hong Kong came to $186.9 billion.
Foreign liabilities, representing fees payable to the fund's external managers, amounted to $300 million.