In a statement, the central bank said the reserves position was sufficient to finance 5.4 months of imports of goods and services, and was one time the total short-term external debt.
The main components of the reserves were foreign currency reserves at US$103.7 billion (RM453.96 billion), followed by International Monetary Fund reserves at US$1.3 billion (RM5.69 billion), special drawing rights (SDRs) at US$5.7 billion (RM24.95 billion), gold at US$2.9 billion (RM12.69 billion) and other reserve assets at US$2.3 billion (RM10.06 billion).
Total assets amounted to RM637.84 billion, comprising gold and foreign exchange reserves including SDRs (RM546.54 billion), Malaysian government papers (RM12.27 billion), deposits with financial institutions (RM2.39 billion), loans and advances (RM25.28 billion), land and buildings (RM4.13 billion) and other assets (RM47.24 billion).
BNM said capital and liabilities comprised paid-up capital (RM100 million), reserves (RM206 billion), currency in circulation (RM165.7 billion), deposits by financial institutions (RM143.41 billion), federal government deposits (RM5.58 billion), other deposits (RM66.95 billion), Bank Negara papers (RM16.85 billion), allocation of SDRs (RM29.96 billion), and other liabilities (RM3.28 billion).
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