The latest statistics from the Monetary Authority of Macao showed that the reserves decreased 0.8 percent from the revised value of 216.9 billion patacas (about 26.84 billion dollars) for the previous month.
Macao's foreign exchange reserves as of the end of March represented 10 times the currency in circulation, or 84.1 percent of the pataca broad money supply (M2) at the end of February.
The trade-weighted effective exchange rate index for the pataca rose 0.44 point month-on-month and 4.55 points year-on-year to 102.1 in March.
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