Macao Monetary Authority: Preliminary statistics show that the total foreign exchange reserves as of the end of September amount to 239.2 billion Macao patacas, representing a 1.6% increase compared to the previous period.

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15:13 26/10/2025
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The Monetary Authority of Macao announced that by the end of September 2025, the total foreign exchange reserves of the Macao Special Administrative Region were preliminarily estimated at MOP 239.2 billion (USD 29.84 billion), an increase of 1.6% from the revised total of MOP 235.4 billion (USD 29.33 billion) in August 2025.
On October 15, the Monetary Authority of Macao announced that the total foreign exchange reserve assets of the Macao Special Administrative Region as of the end of September 2025, were preliminarily estimated at 239.2 billion Macao patacas (29.84 billion US dollars), an increase of 1.6% compared to the revised total of 235.4 billion Macao patacas (29.33 billion US dollars) in August 2025. The total foreign exchange assets at the end of September 2025 were approximately equivalent to 11 times the circulating currency of Macao at the end of August 2025 or 89.4% of the Macao element in the broad money supply (M2) of Macao at the end of August 2025. The trade-weighted exchange rate index for Macao in September 2025 was 100.8, a decrease of 0.06 points compared to the previous month and 1.60 points compared to the same period last year, indicating an overall depreciation of the Macao pataca against the currencies of its major trading partners.