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Hong Kong uses a linked exchange rate system, trading since May 2005 in the range US$1:HK$7.75–7.85. Apart from its use in Hong Kong, the Hong Kong dollar is also used in neighbouring Macau. It is pegged at 1 Hong Kong dollar to 1.03 Macanese patacas, and is generally accepted at par or MOP 1.00 for retail purchases. [5]
The same mechanism also works when the market rate is above 7.80, and the banks will convert Hong Kong dollars for US dollars. The Hong Kong dollar is backed by one of the world's largest foreign exchange reserves, which is over 7 times the amount of money supplied in circulation or about 48% of Hong Kong dollars M3 at the end of April 2016. [3]
Cent: 100 2 Singapore, Brunei: Hong Kong dollar $, HK$ or 元 HKD Cent: 100 2 Hong Kong, Macau: Swiss franc: Fr CHF Rappen: 100 2 Switzerland, Liechtenstein: Netherlands Antillean guilder: ƒ, NAƒ, NAf, or f ANG Cent: 100 2 Curaçao, Sint Maarten: Saint Helena pound £ SHP Penny: 100 2 Saint Helena, Ascension Island: Falkland Islands pound ...
The Hang Seng in Hong Kong added 0.1% to 19,772.91 while the Shanghai Composite index edged 0.1% lower to 3,367.20 after China’s central bank kept its loan prime rates unchanged on Friday. The one-year lending rate, which affects corporate and most household loans, remained at 3.1%, while the five-year rate, used as a benchmark for mortgage ...
The data followed the Bank of Japan's decision on Thursday to keep its benchmark rate at 0.25%, which pushed the dollar higher against the Japanese yen. ... Hong Kong added 0.1% to 19,774.22 and ...
Hong Kong dollar, but all circulating coins are in multiples of 10 cents. Indonesian rupiah (as sen; last coin minted was 50 cents in 1961, last cents printed as banknotes in 1964 which were demonetized in 1996 save for the 1 cent) Jamaican dollar, but there are no circulating coins with a value below one dollar. Kenyan shilling; Lesotho loti ...
The exchange rate is pegged and is approximately MOP 1.03 for HK$1, [20] and Hong Kong dollar banknotes and coins are generally accepted at par or MOP 1.00 for retail payments. For United States dollars, to which the Hong Kong dollar is in turn loosely pegged, the exchange rate is around MOP 8 to 1 US dollar. Although it is possible to exchange ...
If the U.S. dollar is the base currency(the first of the pair),such as with the USD/EUR pair,the pip value involves the exchange rate. Pip Value=(size of a Pip)/(Exchange Rate)*(Lot Size) [6] For example, .0001 divided by a USD/CAD exchange rate of 1.3600 and then multiplied by a standard lot size of 100,000 results in a pip value of $7.35. If ...