KUALA LUMPUR – Bank Negara Malaysia’s (BNM) international reserves stood at US$116.2 billion (RM486.82 billion) as of September 15, compared with US$116.3 billion on August 30.
In a statement today, the central bank said the reserves position was sufficient to finance 8.1 months of retained imports and are 1.3 times total short-term external debt.
BNM said the main components of the international reserves are foreign currency reserves (US$102.4 billion), IMF reserves position (US$1.4 billion), special drawing rights (SDRs) (US$6.1 billion), gold (US$2.2 billion), and other reserve assets (US$4.1 billion).
Assets comprising gold, foreign exchange, and other reserves, including SDRs, amounted to RM483.27 billion, Malaysian government papers (RM11.33 billion), deposits with financial institutions (RM912.03 million), loans and advances (RM22.28 billion), land and buildings (RM4.16 billion), and other assets (RM15.93 billion).
Capital and liabilities comprising paid-up capital amounted to RM100 million, reserves (RM185.17 billion), currency in circulation (RM145.48 billion), deposits by financial institutions (RM141.95 billion), federal government deposits (RM15.85 billion), other deposits (RM8.72 billion), Bank Negara papers (RM7.04 billion), allocation of SDRs (RM28.84 billion), and other liabilities (RM4.72 billion). – Bernama, September 23, 2021
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