A general view of the Bank Negara Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, March 8, 2016. REUTERS/Olivia Harris
KUALA LUMPUR: Bank Negara Malaysia’s (BNM) international reserves amounted to RM383.2bil (equivalent to US$97.4bil) as at June 15, 2016 from RM382.6bil (equivalent to US$97.3bil) a fortnight ago.
“The reserves position is sufficient to finance 8.1 months of retained imports and is 1.2 times the short-term external debt,” BNM said in a statement on Tuesday.
The central bank said the main components of the international reserves were foreign currency reserves (US$89.6bil); International Monetary Fund reserves position (US$800mil); Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) (US$1.1bil); gold (US$1.5bil); and, other reserve assets (US$4.4bil).
The assets included Malaysian government papers (RM2.18bil); deposits with financial institutions (RM1.42bil); loans and advances (RM7.39bil); and, other assets (RM11.70bil).
The capital and liabilities comprised paid-up capital (RM100mil); reserves (RM102.68bil); currency in circulation (RM90.38bil); deposits by financial institutions (RM154.05bil); federal government deposits (RM16.41bil); other deposits (RM732.14mil); BNM papers (RM15.10bil); allocation of SDRs (RM7.37bil); and, other liabilities (RM21.20bil). - Bernama
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