KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 8 — The international reserves of Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) had increased to US$125.5 billion as of December 31, from US$124.3 billion recorded on December 15.
“The (reserves) position is sufficient to finance 4.7 months of imports of goods and services and is 0.9 times the total short-term external debt,” the central bank said in a statement.
The main components of the reserves were foreign currency reserves (US$110.5 billion), International Monetary Fund reserves (US$1.3 billion), special drawing rights (SDRs) (US$5.9 billion), gold (US$5.4 billion), and other reserve assets (US$2.4 billion).
Total assets amounted to RM602.22 billion, comprising gold and foreign exchange and other reserves, including SDRs (RM509.78 billion), Malaysian government papers (RM13.42 billion), deposits with financial institutions (RM28.42 billion), loans and advances (RM28.42 billion), land, buildings, and other fixed assets (RM4.57 billion), and other assets (RM43.50 billion).
BNM said total capital and liabilities amounted to RM602.22 billion, comprising paid-up capital (RM100 million), reserves (RM196.64 billion), currency in circulation (RM177.75 billion), deposits by financial institutions (RM118.06 billion), federal government deposits (RM4.50 billion), other deposits (RM65.57 billion), Bank Negara papers (RM9.01 billion), allocation of SDRs (RM26.83 billion), and other liabilities (RM3.75 billion).
