The HKD hit the soft spot this morning (14th), with peak/ trough at 7.8497/ 7.8499, and the spot USD T/T rate last quoted at 7.8496.This Wednesday (16th), the balance of the banking system of Hong Kong is expected to be HKD101.216 billion.Related NewsInitial Jobless Claims for Jul/05 in United States is 227K, lower than the previous value of 232K. The forecast was 235K.