KUALA LUMPUR, April 22 — Malaysia’s international reserves accumulated to US$118.4 billion as of April 15, from US$117.5 billion on March 28, said Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM).
In a statement today, the central bank said the reserves position is sufficient to finance 4.9 months of imports of goods and services, and is 0.9 times the total short-term external debt.
The main components of the reserves were foreign currency reserves (US$105.3 billion), the International Monetary Fund reserves position (US$1.3 billion), special drawing rights (SDRs) (US$5.8 billion), gold (US$3.8 billion), and other reserve assets (US$2.2 billion).
Total assets amounted to RM633.65 billion, comprising gold and foreign exchange and other reserves, including SDRs (RM525.06 billion), Malaysian government papers (RM12.72 billion), deposits with financial institutions (RM3.65 million), loans and advances (RM27.01 billion), land and buildings (RM4.59 billion), and other assets (RM60.63 billion).
The central bank said total capital and liabilities amounted to RM633.65 billion, comprising paid-up capital (RM100 million), reserves (RM186.05 billion), currency in circulation (RM176.41 billion), deposits by financial institutions (RM143.44 billion), federal government deposits (RM10.64 billion), other deposits (RM74.79 billion), BNM papers (RM10.57 billion), allocation of SDRs (RM28.38 billion), and other liabilities (RM2.72 billion).
— Bernama
