similarly linked to the Hong Kong dollar. Unlike a fixed exchange rate system, the government or central bank does not actively interfere in the foreign...
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[update] the Hong Kong dollar was the ninth-most traded currency in the world. Hong Kong uses a linked exchange rate system, trading since May 2005 in the range...
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A fixed exchange rate, often called a pegged exchange rate or pegging, is a type of exchange rate regime in which a currency's value is fixed or pegged...
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The official reserves of Hong Kong and the banking system are important underpinnings of the linked exchange rate system. Since 1995, the HKMA has entered...
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An exchange rate regime is a way a monetary authority of a country or currency union manages the currency about other currencies and the foreign exchange...
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Hong Kong is a special administrative region of China. Situated on China’s southern coast just south of Shenzhen, it consists of the eponymous island...
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in 2033, up from 12.1% in 2005. Hong Kong recorded a crude birth rate of 8.2 per 1,000 people on average annually in 2005–2010. Ethnically, Hong Kong...
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subsidiaries The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (SEHK), Hong Kong Futures Exchange Limited (HKFE) and London Metal Exchange (LME). As of December...
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Hong Kong has a highly developed transport network, encompassing both public and private transport. Based on Hong Kong Government's Travel Characteristics...
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Hong Kong Island (Chinese: 香港島; Jyutping: Hoeng1 gong2 dou2; Cantonese Yale: Hēunggóng dóu) is an island in the southern part of Hong Kong. The island...
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in 1841. Hong Kong was established as a special administrative region of China (SAR) for 27 years, maintaining its own economic and governing systems...
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Education in Hong Kong used to be largely modelled on that of the United Kingdom, particularly the English system. Since 2012, the overhaul of secondary...
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MTR (redirect from Hong Kong MTR)
The Mass Transit Railway system, known locally by the initialism MTR, is a rapid transit system in Hong Kong and the territory's principal mode of railway...
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in the case of Hong Kong or supra-national as in the case of the euro. The exchange rate is also regarded as the value of one country's currency in relation...
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Currency board (category Foreign exchange market)
Dollarization Monetary policy Argentine Currency Board Linked exchange rate system in Hong Kong Hawkins, John (2015). "History of Economic Thought Concerning...
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HSBC (redirect from Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank)
listings on the New York Stock Exchange, and the Bermuda Stock Exchange. After the British established Hong Kong as a crown colony in the aftermath of the First...
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The vast majority of taxis in Hong Kong are owned by 17 independent taxi companies, although a few taxis are independently owned and operated. As of 2024...
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The 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests (also known by other names) were a series of demonstrations against the Hong Kong government's introduction of a bill...
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rate of US$1 to HK$7.80 under the Linked Exchange Rate system. Banknotes issued by the three commercial banks are printed in Hong Kong by Hong Kong Note...
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industry has been an important part of the economy of Hong Kong since it shifted to a service sector model in the late 1980s and early 1990s. There has been...
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business district of Hong Kong. It is located in the northeastern corner of the Central and Western District, on the north shore of Hong Kong Island, across...
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outlawed the Hong Kong Dollar and replaced it with the Japanese Military Yen. The exchange rate was fixed at 2 Hong Kong dollars to one military yen in January...
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MTR Corporation (redirect from Hong Kong Railway Corporation)
in Hong Kong which operates the Mass Transit Railway, the most popular public transport network in Hong Kong. It is listed on the Hong Kong Exchange and...
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This market determines foreign exchange rates for every currency. By trading volume, it is by far the largest market in the world, followed by the credit...
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the Hong Kong–based Asia-Pacific subsidiary of the HSBC banking group, for which it was the parent entity until 1991. The largest bank in Hong Kong, HSBC...
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Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) is a public research university in Sai Kung District, New Territories, Hong Kong. Founded in 1991...
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The University of Hong Kong (HKU) is a public research university in Pokfulam, Hong Kong. It was founded in 1887 as the Hong Kong College of Medicine...
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The Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macao Greater Bay Area, commonly referred to as the Greater Bay Area (GBA), is a megalopolis, consisting of nine cities and two...
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Trade-weighted US dollar index (category Foreign exchange market)
geometric mean of the bilateral exchange rates of the included currencies. The weight assigned to the value of each currency in the calculation is based on...
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The Port of Hong Kong located by the South China Sea, is a deepwater seaport dominated by trade in containerised manufactured products, and to a lesser...
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