The Monetary Authority of Macao announced today that the preliminary estimate of Macao SAR’s foreign exchange reserves amounted to MOP214.2 billion (USD26.67 billion) at the end of December 2021. The reserves decreased by 0.7% from the revised value of MOP215.8 billion (USD26.86 billion) for the previous month. Macao SAR’s foreign exchange reserves at end-December 2021 represented 11 times the currency in circulation or 88.0% of pataca M2 at end-November 2021.

The trade-weighted effective exchange rate index for the pataca rose 0.03 points month-to-month and 1.46 points year-on-year to 103.8 in December 2021, implying that overall speaking, the exchange rate of the pataca grew against the currencies of Macao’s major trading partners.