KUALA LUMPUR: Bank Negara Malaysia’s (BNM) international reserves amounted to US$100.8 billion (RM432.8 billion) as at September 15, 2017, compared with US$100.5 billion (RM431.7 billion) registered as at August 30, 2017.
“The reserves position is sufficient to finance 7.7 months of retained imports and is 1.1 times the short-term external debt,” said BNM in a statement yesterday.
The main components of the international reserves were foreign currency reserves (US$94.3 billion), International Monetary Fund reserves position (US$0.8 billion), Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) (US$1.2 billion), gold (US$1.5 billion) and other reserve assets (US$3.0 billion).
The assets include gold and foreign exchange and other reserves, including SDRs (RM432.849 billion), Malaysian government papers (RM4.245 billion), deposits with financial institutions (RM10.544 billion), loans and advances (RM7.838 billion), land and buildings (RM2.113 billion) and other assets (RM7.375 billion). — Bernama