hk-finance - SKILL.md Agent Skill

name: hk-finance description: Query Hong Kong financial and monetary data from the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA). Use when the user asks about HKD exchange rates, HIBOR interest rates, interbank liquidity, aggregate balance, Hong Kong monetary statistics, or financial market data. Provides daily monetary statistics and market data.

HK Finance Skill

Query Hong Kong financial data from HKMA (金管局). No API key needed.

API Base

https://api.hkma.gov.hk/public/market-data-and-statistics/daily-monetary-statistics/

Endpoints

Daily Interbank Liquidity (Most Useful)

curl -s "https://api.hkma.gov.hk/public/market-data-and-statistics/daily-monetary-statistics/daily-figures-interbank-liquidity"

Response fields:

end_of_date — Date
cu_weakside — USD/HKD Convertibility Undertaking weak-side (7.85)
cu_strongside — USD/HKD strong-side (7.75)
disc_win_base_rate — Discount Window Base Rate (%)
hibor_overnight — HIBOR overnight rate (%)
hibor_fixing_1m — HIBOR 1-month fixing (%)
twi — Trade Weighted Index
opening_balance — Aggregate Balance opening (HKD million)
closing_balance — Aggregate Balance closing (HKD million)

Query Parameters

Param	Description	Example
`choose`	Filter mode	`by_date`
`from`	Start date	`2026-02-01`
`to`	End date	`2026-02-16`
`sortby`	Sort field	`end_of_date`
`sortorder`	Sort direction	`desc`
`pagesize`	Results per page	`10`

Example: Latest Data

curl -s "https://api.hkma.gov.hk/public/market-data-and-statistics/daily-monetary-statistics/daily-figures-interbank-liquidity?sortby=end_of_date&sortorder=desc&pagesize=1"

Daily Exchange Rates

curl -s "https://api.hkma.gov.hk/public/market-data-and-statistics/monthly-statistical-bulletin/er-ir/er-eeri-daily?pagesize=1"

Response fields:

end_of_day — Date
usd, gbp, jpy, cad, aud, sgd, eur, cny, krw — Exchange rates vs HKD
php, inr, idr, zar, thb, myr, twd, chf — More currencies
neeri_2020_trade_wgt — Nominal Effective Exchange Rate Index (trade-weighted)

Note: This endpoint does not support sortby. Use pagesize and offset for pagination.

Response Format

{
  "header": { "success": true },
  "result": {
    "datasize": 100,
    "records": [
      {
        "end_of_date": "2026-02-16",
        "cu_weakside": 7.85,
        "cu_strongside": 7.75,
        "hibor_overnight": 2.93,
        "hibor_fixing_1m": 2.45792,
        "closing_balance": 58646
      }
    ]
  }
}

Presentation Tips

Show rates with proper decimal places (HIBOR to 5dp, exchange rates to 2dp)
Aggregate Balance in HKD millions — convert to billions for readability
Compare with previous day if user asks about changes
Use 📈📉 for rate movements
HKMA data updates daily after market close