The reserves position was sufficient to finance 4.6 months of imports of goods and services and was 0.9 times the total short-term external debt, Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) said in a statement today.

The main components of the reserves were foreign currency reserves at US$105.4 billion (RM465.77 billion), the International Monetary Fund reserves position at US$1.3 billion (RM5.74 billion), special drawing rights (SDRs) at US$5.9 billion (RM26.07 billion), gold at US$3.3 billion (RM14.58 billion), and other reserve assets at US$2.4 billion (RM10.6 billion).

Total assets amounted to RM595.77 billion, comprising gold and foreign exchange and other reserves, including SDRs (RM486.23 billion), Malaysian government papers (RM12.81 billion), deposits with financial institutions (RM4.51 billion), loans and advances (RM26.08 billion), land and buildings (RM4.57 billion) and other assets (RM61.56 billion).

BNM said total capital and liabilities amounted to RM595.77 billion, comprising paid-up capital (RM100 million), reserves (RM177.49 billion), currency in circulation (RM165.58 billion), deposits by financial institutions (RM135.2 billion), federal government deposits (RM6.56 billion), other deposits (RM67.89 billion), Bank Negara papers (RM11.8 billion), allocation of SDRs (RM27.22 billion) and other liabilities (RM3.93 billion).