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BNM'S INTERNATIONAL RESERVES AT US$115.6 BLN AS AT OCT 15, 2021

25/10/2021 03:37 PM

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 25  -- Bank Negara Malaysia’s (BNM) international reserves stood at US$115.6 billion as of Oct 15, 2021.

In a statement today, the central bank said the reserves position was sufficient to finance 8.2 months of retained imports and is 1.3 times total short-term external debt.

BNM said the main components of the international reserves were foreign currency reserves (US$101.9 billion), IMF reserves position (US$1.4 billion), special drawing rights (SDRs) (US$6.1 billion), gold (US$2.2 billion), and other reserve assets (US$4.0 billion).

Assets comprising gold, foreign exchange, and other reserves, including SDRs, amounted to RM484.16 billion, Malaysian government papers (RM12.36 billion), deposits with financial institutions (RM760.74 million), loans and advances (RM22.72 billion), land and buildings (RM4.16 billion), and other assets (RM16.07 billion).

Capital and liabilities comprising paid-up capital amounted to RM100 million, reserves (RM183.68 billion), currency in circulation (RM146.70 billion), deposits by financial institutions (RM153.46 billion), federal government deposits (RM9.33 billion), other deposits (RM5.53 billion), Bank Negara papers (RM7.12 billion), allocation of SDRs (RM28.47 billion), and other liabilities (RM5.86 billion).

--BERNAMA

 

 


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