KUALA LUMPUR, July 22 2022 — The international reserves of Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) amounted to US$107.0 billion as at July 15, 2022, according to the central bank.
In a statement today, BNM said the reserves position is sufficient to finance 5.7 months of imports of goods and services and is 1.1 times the total short-term external debt.
BNM stated that the main components of the international reserves were foreign currency reserves (US$94.6 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$3.1 billion).
The assets comprised gold, foreign exchange and other reserves including SDRs (RM471.04 billion), Malaysian government papers (RM12.12 billion), loans and advances (RM23.65 billion), land and buildings (RM4.14 billion) and other assets (RM29 billion).
Meanwhile, capital and liabilities consisted of paid-up capital (RM100 million), reserves (RM161.23 billion), currency in circulation (RM159.71 billion), deposits by financial institutions (RM161.42 billion), federal government deposits (RM7.99 billion), other deposits (RM12.15 billion), Bank Negara papers (RM5.76 billion), allocation of SDRs (RM28.25 billion) and other liabilities (RM3.33 billion).
— Akses Malaysia
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