The Monetary Authority of Macao announced today (15 April) that the preliminary estimate of Macao SAR’s foreign exchange reserves amounted to MOP242.2 billion (USD30.00 billion) at the end of March 2026. The reserves decreased by 0.5% from the revised value of MOP243.5 billion (USD30.22 billion) for the previous month. Macao SAR’s foreign exchange reserves at end-March 2026 represented 10 times the currency in circulation or 87.6% of the Macao pataca M2 at end-February 2026.
The trade-weighted effective exchange rate index for the Macao pataca rose 0.89 points month-on-month but dropped 4.85 points year-on-year to 100.3 in March 2026, implying that overall speaking, the exchange rate of the Macao pataca grew against the currencies of Macao’s major trading partners on a monthly basis but dropped on an annual basis.