Foreign exchange reserves and nominal effective exchange rate index for the pataca – September 2025

MACAU, October 15 - The Monetary Authority of Macao announced today (15 October) that the preliminary estimate of Macao SAR’s foreign exchange reserves amounted to MOP239.2 billion (USD29.84 billion) at the end of September 2025. The reserves increased by 1.6% from the revised value of MOP235.4 billion (USD29.33 billion) for the previous month. Macao SAR’s foreign exchange reserves at end-September 2025 represented 11 times the currency in circulation or 89.4% of pataca M2 at end-August 2025.

The trade-weighted effective exchange rate index for the pataca dropped 0.06 points month-on-month and 1.60 points year-on-year to 100.8 in September 2025, implying that overall speaking, the exchange rate of the pataca dropped against the currencies of Macao’s major trading partners.