KUALA LUMPUR, May 8 — Bank Negara Malaysia’s (BNM) international reserves amounted to RM439.7 billion as of April 30.
“The reserves position is sufficient to finance 7.9 months of retained imports and is 1.1 times total short-term external debt,” the central bank said in a statement today.
The international reserves stood at RM436.3 billion as at March 31.
BNM said the main components of the international reserves (as at April 30, 2020) were foreign currency reserves (US$96.1 billion), International Monetary Fund reserves position (US$1.1 billion), Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) (US$1.1 billion), gold (US$2.0 billion), and other reserve assets (US$2.2 billion).
It said the assets comprised gold and foreign exchange and other reserves including SDRs, which amounted to RM443.72 billion, Malaysian government papers (RM9.55 billion), deposits with financial institutions (RM6.40 billion), loans and advances (RM7.21 billion), land and buildings (RM4.16 billion), and other assets (RM16.57 billion).
Capital and liabilities comprised paid-up capital (RM100 million), reserves (RM163.53 billion), currency in circulation (RM121.36 billion), deposits with financial institutions (RM157.10 million), federal government deposits (RM4.87 billion), other deposits (RM13.80 billion), Bank Negara papers (RM16.80 billion), allocation of SDRs (RM7.87 billion), and other liabilities (RM2.19 billion).
— Bernama
