Foreign exchange reserves and nominal effective exchange rate index for the pataca – August 2025
MACAU, September 15 - The Monetary Authority of Macao announced today (15 September) that the preliminary estimate of Macao SAR’s foreign exchange reserves amounted to MOP235.4 billion (USD29.33 billion) at the end of August 2025. The reserves increased by 0.7% from the revised value of MOP233.7 billion (USD28.91 billion) for the previous month. Macao SAR’s foreign exchange reserves at end-August 2025 represented 11 times the currency in circulation or 87.9% of pataca M2 at end-July 2025.
The trade-weighted effective exchange rate index for the pataca rose 0.62 points month-on-month but dropped 2.44 points year-on-year to 100.8 in August 2025, implying that overall speaking, the exchange rate of the pataca grew against the currencies of Macao’s major trading partners on a monthly basis but dropped on an annual basis.
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