The HKD hit the soft spot this morning (9th), with peak/ trough at 7.8494/ 7.8499, and the spot USD T/T rate last quoted at 7.8499.The banking system balance of Hong Kong for this Friday (11th) is expected to be HKD114.497 billion.Related NewsInitial Jobless Claims for Jul/05 in United States is 227K, lower than the previous value of 232K. The forecast was 235K.