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Revision of the Effective Exchange Rate Indices for the Hong Kong Dollar 港幣匯率指數的修訂 The Effective Exchange Rate Indices (EERI) for the Hong Kong dollar (HKD) compiled by the Census and Statistics Department 缸eindices which indicate the HKDs overall extemal value ag也nst a basket of selected currencies. A review of EERI has been conducted recently and a new series of EERI is compiled. This article discusses various concepts in compiling EERI and the revisions made in the new series. 政府統計處編製的港幣匯率指數(簡稱「港匯指數J )顯示港元相對於 一籃子選定貨幣的整體對外價值。統計處最近就港匯指數進行了檢討 工作，並編製了一套新港匯指數系列。本文闡述編製該指數的各種概 念和新系列所作的修訂。 Hong Kong Monthly Digest of Statistics April 1995 Fl Revision of the Effective Exchange Rate Indices for the Hong Kong Dollar 港幣匯率指數的修訂 1. Introduction 1. 引言 1.1 The Effective Exchange Rate Indices (EERI) 1.1 現時政府統計處編製的港幣腫率指數(港匯指 for the Hong Kong dollar (HKD) current1y 數)顯示港元相於對一籃子選定貨幣的整體對外價 compiled by the Census and Statistics Dep缸tment 值。這種資料未必可即時反映在港元兌任何一種主 are indices which indicate the HKOs overall 要貨幣的雙邊匯率變動上。舉例來說，在港元兌日 extemal value against a basket of selected 元貶值的情況下，港元的整體對外價值，仍會因同 currencies. This kind of information is not readily 期其他貨幣兌日元的貶值幅度較大而上升。由於要 reflected by the bilateral exchange rate movements 探究港元兌每種其他貨幣的變動情況並不容易，故 of the HKD against any single major cu汀ency. For 此 ，政府編製港幣匯率指數 ，作為量度港元相對強 example， when the HKD deprecia