Hong Kong government's Census and Statistics Department: recorded a deficit of 85.4 billion Hong Kong dollars in the first quarter of 2025.

Wisdom Finance APP learned that on June 20, the Hong Kong Census and Statistics Department released the preliminary statistics of Hong Kong's international balance of payments and international investment position for the first quarter of 2025, and also released the preliminary statistics of Hong Kong's external debt for the same period. Hong Kong recorded a deficit of HK$85.4 billion in the first quarter of 2025 (equivalent to 10.7% of the GDP), with corresponding decrease in reserve assets. In the fourth quarter of 2024, a surplus of HK$31.4 billion was recorded (equivalent to 3.8% of the GDP).