Hong Kong's de facto central bank intervenes to defend currency peg
The city's currency is pegged between 7.75-7.85 to the US dollar, and the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) intervenes at both ends to underpin the peg.
The aggregate balance, the key gauge of cash in the banking system, will shrink by a total of HK$29.6 billion to HK$114.5 billion next Monday, HKMA said in a statement.
This follows US$2.25 billion sold earlier this week and US$1.2 billion last week to defend the peg.
The Hong Kong dollar traded at 7.8479 against the greenback in early Asia trade. BLOOMBERG
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