KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 7 2022 – The international reserves of Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) international reserves amounted to US$108.2 billion as of Aug 30, 2022, the central bank said today.
In a statement today, the central bank said the reserves position is sufficient to finance 5.4 months of imports of goods and services and is 1.1 times of the total short-term external debt.
According to BNM, the main components of the international reserves were foreign currency reserves (US$96.1 billion), International Monetary Fund reserves position (US$1.3 billion), special drawing rights (SDRs) (US$5.7 billion), gold (US$2.3 billion) and other reserve assets (US$2.8 billion).
The assets comprised gold, foreign exchange and other reserves including SDRs (RM476.5 billion), Malaysian government papers (RM12.12 billion), loans and advances (RM23.64 billion), land and buildings (RM4.14 billion) and other assets (RM34.18 billion).
Meanwhile, capital and liabilities comprised paid-up capital (RM100 million), reserves (RM161.65 billion), currency in circulation (RM157.23 billion), deposits by financial institutions (RM165.97 billion), federal government deposits (RM12.96 billion), other deposits (RM12.06 billion), Bank Negara papers (RM8.26 billion), allocation of SDRs (RM28.25 billion) and other liabilities (RM4.1 billion).
— Akses Malaysia
