KUALA LUMPUR, June 9 — Bank Negara Malaysia’s (BNM) international reserves stood at US$130.6 billion as of May 29, it said in a statement today.
The central bank said the reserves position is sufficient to finance 4.6 months of imports of goods and services, and is 0.9 times the total short-term external debt.
BNM said the gross international reserves comprise foreign currency reserves (US$114.7 billion), International Monetary Fund (IMF) reserves position (US$1.3 billion), special drawing rights (SDRs) (US$5.9 billion), gold (US$6.4 billion), and other reserve assets (US$2.3 billion).
It added that its total assets amount to RM611.38 billion, comprising mainly gold, foreign financial assets and other reserves, including SDRs (RM527.24 billion), Malaysian government papers (RM13.1 billion), deposits with financial institutions (RM3.02 billion), loans and advances (RM29.01 billion), property and equipment (RM4.55 billion), and other assets (RM34.45 billion).
BNM said total capital and liabilities amount to RM611.38 billion, comprising capital (RM100 million), reserves (RM200.65 billion), currency in circulation (RM184.25 billion), deposits by financial institutions (RM109.82 billion), the federal government (RM6.24 billion) and others (RM70.81 billion), BNM papers (RM8.7 billion), allocation of SDRs (RM26.37 billion), and other liabilities (RM4.46 billion).
