KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 20 — Bank Negara Malaysia’s (BNM) international reserves are US$108.9 billion (RM519.4 billion) as of October 13.
The central bank said the reserves position is sufficient to finance 5.1 months of imports of goods and services and is 1.0 times the total short-term external debt.
The main components of the international reserves are foreign currency reserves (US$96.5 billion or RM460.3 billion), International Monetary Fund reserves position (US$1.4 billion or RM6.67 billion), special drawing rights (SDRs) (US$5.7 billion or RM27.1 billion), gold (US$2.3 billion or RM10.9 billion), and other reserve assets (US$3.0 billion or RM14.3 billion).
Total assets stand at RM614.12 billion, comprising gold and foreign exchange and other reserves, including SDRs (RM510.96 billion), Malaysian government papers (RM12.76 billion), loans and advances (RM23.91 billion), land and buildings (RM4.14 billion) and other assets (RM62.35 billion).
BNM said capital and liabilities comprised paid-up capital (RM100 million), reserves (RM169.84 billion), currency in circulation (RM158.39 billion), deposits by financial institutions (RM158.38 billion), federal government deposits (RM19.79 billion), other deposits (RM37.66 billion), Bank Negara papers (RM34.66 billion), allocation of SDRs (RM29.85 billion), and other liabilities (RM5.43 billion).
— Bernama
