On two days within a week late in October the Hong Kong Monetary Authority intervened in the currency markets to contain the value of the local currency. Action was taken to maintain the exchange rate within the allowable range relative to the US dollar and buttress the currency peg. Some US$1.25bn was taken out of circulation and the flows are expected to continue as international investors and speculators alike take advantage of some of the side-effects of the latest round of monetary stimulus in the US known as QE3.
在今年10月下旬的一週裏,香港金管局(HKMA)兩天干預外匯市場以維持港元匯率。金管局採取措施保持港元兌美元匯率在可允許範圍內波動,並維護盯住美元的匯率制度。約12.5億美元退出了流通,同時受美國最新一輪貨幣刺激政策(QE3)的一些副作用的影響,預計國際投資者和投機者的資金將繼續流入香港。