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Last Update: 9/30/2009 10:08:41 AM


	Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China Advance Release Calendar

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	Mr. Leslie W.K. Tang, Assistant Commissioner, Census and Statistics Department (C&SD), 21/F., Wanchai Tower, 12 Harbour Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong SAR, China
	Phone :	852 2582 4803
	Fax :	852 2824 1003
	Email :	lwktang@censtatd.gov.hk
	Mr. Raymond Yuen, Manager (Economic Research), Economic Research, Research, Hong Kong Monetary Authority, 55/F, Two International Finance Centre, 8 Finance Street, Central, China, P.R.: Hong Kong 00000
	Phone :	532 2878-8157
	Fax :	532 2878-1897
	Email :	raymond_sy_yuen@hkma.gov.hk
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Data Category (and, if different,national descriptor)	Notes **	Release*
Data Category (and, if different,national descriptor)	Notes **	Nov.	Dec.	Jan.	Feb.
Real Sector (specifications)
National accounts - Expenditure component (GDP)	Notes	13 (Q3/09)			24 (Q4/09)
National accounts - Economic activity			21 (Q3/09)
Production index (Index of Industrial Production)	Periodicity flexibility, Timeliness flexibility, Notes		14 (Q3/09)
Forward-looking indicators (Business Expectations)	Notes			22 (Q1/10)
Labor market: Employment (Number of employed persons)	Notes	17 (Aug/09-Oct/09)	17 (Sep/09-Nov/09)	19 (Oct/09-Dec/09)	18 (Nov/09-Jan/10)
Labor market: Unemployment (Number of unemployed persons and unemployment rate)	Notes	17 (Aug/09-Oct/09)	17 (Sep/09-Nov/09)	19 (Oct/09-Dec/09)	18 (Nov/09-Jan/10)
Labor market: Wages/Earnings (Payroll per person engaged)	Notes		28 (Q3/09)
Price index: Consumer prices (Consumer Price Index [CPI])	Notes	20 (Oct/09)	21 (Nov/09)	21 (Dec/09)	23 (Jan/10)
Price index: Producer prices (Producer Price Index)	Periodicity flexibility, Timeliness flexibility, Notes		14 (Q3/09)
Fiscal Sector (specifications)
General government or public sector operations (Government of the Hong Kong SAR - Budgetary Accounts [Monthly and Annual])		30 (Oct/09)	31 (Nov/09)	29 (Dec/09)	26 (Jan/10)
Government debt (Debt of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region)		30 (Oct/09)	31 (Nov/09)	29 (Dec/09)	26 (Jan/10)
Financial Sector (specifications)
Analytical accounts of the banking sector (Monetary Statistics)	Extensive branch banking system	30 (Oct/09)	31 (Nov/09)	29 (Dec/09)	26 (Jan/10)
Analytical accounts of the central bank (Analytical Accounts of the Exchange Fund)		16 (Oct/09)	14 (Nov/09)	14 (Dec/09)	12 (Jan/10)
Interest rates	Notes
Stock market: Share price index (Hang Seng Index)	Notes
External Sector (specifications)
Balance of payments (BoP)			22 (Q3/09)
Official reserve assets		9 (Oct/09)	7 (Nov/09)	7 (Dec/09)	8 (Jan/10)
Reserves template		30 (Oct/09)	31 (Nov/09)	29 (Dec/09)	26 (Jan/10)
Merchandise trade	Notes	26 (Oct/09)	28 (Nov/09)	26 (Dec/09)	25 (Jan/10)
International investment position
External debt	Notes		22 (Q3/09)
Exchange rates	Notes
Socio-demographic Data (specifications)
Population (Population Profiles)	Notes				11 (Dec/31/09)
Footnotes
National accounts - Expenditure component *Notes: The advance release calendar for the ensuing calendar year is released in September, and that for the ensuing four months appears in each issue of the Hong Kong* Monthly Digest of Statistics. Production index *Periodicity flexibility: Hong Kong is taking a flexibility option for the periodicity of the index of industrial production. Having an industry structure characterized by a large number of small firms, Hong Kong will continue to compile the index on a quarterly basis. Timeliness flexibility: Hong Kong is taking a flexibility option for the timeliness of the index of industrial production. Having an industry structure characterized by a large number of small firms, Hong Kong will continue to compile the index on a quarterly basis and a timeliness of 3 months after the end of the reference quarter. Notes: The advance release calendar for the ensuing calendar year is released in September, and that for the ensuing four months appears in each issue of the Hong Kong* Monthly Digest of Statistics. Forward-looking indicators *Notes: The advance release calendar for the ensuing calendar year is released in September, and that for the ensuing four months appears in each issue of the Hong Kong* Monthly Digest of Statistics. The key results of the Quarterly Business Tendency Survey are taken as the forward-looking indicators. Labor market: Employment *Notes: The advance release calendar for the ensuing calendar year is released in September, and that for the ensuing four months appears in each issue of the Hong Kong Monthly Digest of Statistics. Release dates for the provisional figure on employed persons for the latest three-month period are given. Labor market: Unemployment* *Notes: The advance release calendar for the ensuing calendar year is released in September, and that for the ensuing four months appears in each issue of the Hong Kong Monthly Digest of Statistics. Release dates for the provisional figures on unemployed persons and seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for the latest three-month period are given. Labor market: Wages/Earnings* *Notes: The advance release calendar for the ensuing calendar year is released in September. Price index: Consumer prices* *Notes: The advance release calendar for the ensuing calendar year is released in September, and that for the ensuing four months appears in each issue of the Hong Kong* Monthly Digest of Statistics. Price index: Producer prices *Periodicity flexibility: Hong Kong is taking a flexibility option for the periodicity of the producer price indices for manufacturing industries allowed under SDDS. Given that the manufacturing sector contributes a very small percentage share of Hong Kong’s GDP and that there is no strong demand from users for a more frequent release of the index, Hong Kong compiles and releases produce price indices for manufacturing industries on a quarterly basis. Timeliness flexibility: Hong Kong is taking a flexibility option for the timeliness of the producer price indices for manufacturing industries allowed under SDSS. Given that the manufacturing sector contributes a very small percentage share of Hong Kong’s GDP and that there is no strong demand from users for a more frequent and timely release of the index, Hong Kong releases quarterly producer price indices for manufacturing industries within 3 months after the end of the reference quarter. Notes: The advance release calendar for the ensuing calendar year is released in September, and that for the ensuing four months appears in each issue of the Hong Kong* Monthly Digest of Statistics. Analytical accounts of the banking sector *Extensive branch banking system: Hong Kong SAR is taking the extensive branch banking system flexibility to disseminate data on the external position with a timeliness of more than one month. Interest rates* *Notes: Release date for the month-end interest rate data to be posted on the website of the HKMA. Daily data are also available on request on the next business day. Stock market: Share price index* *Notes: Release date for the month-end stock index data to be posted on the website of the HKMA. Daily data are also available on request on the next business day. Merchandise trade* *Notes: The advance release calendar for the ensuing calendar year is released in September, and that for the ensuing four months appears in each issue of the Hong Kong* Monthly Digest of Statistics. External debt *Notes: Statistics of external debt will be released together with the BoP account in the same press release. Exchange rates* *Notes: Release date for the month-end exchange rate data to be posted on the website of the HKMA. Daily data are also available on request on the next business day. Population* *Notes: The advance release calendar for the ensuing calendar year is released in September, and that for the ensuing four months appears in each issue of the Hong Kong* Monthly Digest of Statistics.
* Release dates can be specified as a specific date, a range of dates, or a no-later-than (NLT) date. The period (or date) to which data to be released relate is shown in parentheses. ** Calendar flexibility indicates that the subscriber is availing itself of a calendar flexibility option. Release date note indicates that there is a footnote related to the release dates of the data category. Timeliness, Periodicity: indicates that there is a footnote related to flexibility options taken for the data category