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BNM's international reserves at RM407b as at Nov 15
Published on: Wednesday, November 23, 2016
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Kuala Lumpur: The international reserves of Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) stood at RM407.8 billion (equivalent to US$98.3 billion) as at Nov 15, 2016 compared with RM405.5 billion (equivalent to US$97.8 billion) as at Oct 31, 2016. In a statement Tuesday, BNM said, the reserves position was sufficient to finance 8.4 months of retained imports and was 1.2 times the short-term external debt.

The main components of the international reserves were foreign currency reserves (US$90.9 billion), International Monetary Fund reserves position (US$0.8 billion), Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) (US$1.1 billion), gold (US$1.6 billion) and other reserve assets (US$3.9 billion).

The central bank's assets included gold and foreign exchange and other reserves including SDRs (RM407.839 billion), Malaysian government papers (RM1.765 billion), deposits with financial institutions (RM1.2 billion), loans and advances (RM7.845 billion), land and buildings (RM2.114 billion) and other assets (RM6.121 billion).

Its liabilities comprised paid-up capital (RM100 million), reserves (RM123 billion), currency in circulation (RM91.348 billion), deposits by federal institutions (RM177.277 billion), deposits by federal government (RM8.47 billion), other deposits (RM804.769 million), Bank Negara papers (RM6.631 billion), allocation of SDRs (RM7.759 billion) and other liabilities (RM11.522 billion). – Bernama




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