On the 15th, it was learned from the Monetary Authority of the Macao Special Administrative Region that as of the end of August 2025, the preliminary total foreign exchange reserve assets of the Macao Special Administrative Region were MOP 235.4 billion (USD 29.33 billion), an increase of 0.7% compared to the revised total of MOP 233.7 billion (USD 28.91 billion) in July 2025. Statistics show that the total amount of foreign exchange assets at the end of August 2025 is approximately 11 times that of Macau's circulating currency at the end of July 2025, or 87.9% of the broad money M2 supply belonging to the Macau dollar. The Monetary Authority of the Macao Special Administrative Region also announced that the trade weighted AUD index for August 2025 was 100.8, an increase of 0.62 points from the previous month and a decrease of 2.44 points year-on-year. Overall, the exchange rate of the Macau dollar against the currencies of Macau's major trading partners has increased month on month and decreased year-on-year. (New Society)