The HKD softened this morning (16th), with peak/ trough at 7.8492/ 7.8499, and the spot USD T/T rate last quoted at 7.8495.This Friday (18th), the balance of the banking system of Hong Kong is expected to be HKD86.429 billion.Related NewsCore PPI MoM for Jun in United States is 0.0%, lower than the previous value of 0.4%. The forecast was 0.2%.