The Monetary Authority of Macao announced today that the preliminary estimate of Macao SAR’s foreign exchange reserves amounted to MOP246.8 billion (USD30.75 billion) at the end of September 2011. The reserves rose by 3.3% from the revised value of MOP238.9 billion (USD29.75 billion) for the previous month. When compared with a year earlier, the reserves increased by MOP77.2 billion or 45.5%. Macao SAR’s foreign exchange reserves at end-September 2011 represented 44 times the currency in circulation or 344.7% of Pataca M2 at end-August 2011.

The trade-weighted effective exchange rate index for the pataca, a gauge of the domestic currency’s exchange rates against the currencies of Macao’s major trading partners, rose by 0.98 points month-to-month but fell by 3.18 points year-on-year to 87.32 in September 2011.

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