The Hong Kong Monetary Authority is Hong Kong's central bank. The HKMA is very quick to follow the Federal Reserve in hiking rates

This time, no different.

  • base rate up 50 bp to 4.75%

The HKD trades in a band linked to the US dollar prescribed by the HKMA. You can see the limits of the band in the chart below. If not, I've added some arrows as a hint.

hkma hkd fed rate hike 15 December 2022

ps. US stocks trading higher on Globex after the soft close.