In a statement today, the central bank said the reserves position is sufficient to finance 5 months of imports of goods and services, and is 0.9 times the total short-term external debt.

The main components of the reserves were foreign currency reserves at US$106.4 billion (RM450.87 billion), the International Monetary Fund reserve position at US$1.3 billion (RM5.50 billion), special drawing rights (SDRs) at US$5.8 billion (RM24.57 billion), gold at US$3.8 billion (RM16.10 billion) and other reserve assets at US$2.3 billion (RM9.74 billion).

Total assets amounted to RM627.92 billion, comprising gold and foreign exchange and other reserves, including SDRs (RM530 billion), Malaysian government papers (RM12.92 billion), deposits with financial institutions (RM4.26 million), loans and advances (RM27 billion), land and buildings (RM4.58 billion), and other assets (RM49.16 billion).

The central bank said total capital and liabilities amounted to RM627.92 billion, comprising paid-up capital (RM100 million), reserves (RM193.24 billion), currency in circulation (RM172.90 billion), deposits by financial institutions (RM131.81 billion), federal government deposits (RM5.44 billion), other deposits (RM82.37 billion), Bank Negara papers (RM10.56 billion), allocation of SDRs (RM28.38 billion), and other liabilities (RM3.12 billion).