BANK Negara Malaysia’s international reserves rose to US$115.2 billion as at January 31 from US$114.9 billion recorded on January 13.

In a statement today, the central bank said the reserves’ position is sufficient to finance 5.3 months of imports of goods and services and is one time of the total short-term external debt.

It said the main components of the international reserves were foreign currency reserves (US$103 billion), International Monetary Fund reserves position (US$1.4 billion), special drawing rights (SDRs) (US$5.7 billion), gold (US$2.3 billion) and other reserve assets (US$2.8 billion).

It said assets totalled RM635.55 billion, comprising gold and foreign exchange and other reserves, including SDRs (RM505.83 billion), Malaysian government papers (RM12.82 billion), deposits with financial institutions (RM2.12 billion), loans and advances (RM23.72 billion), land and buildings (RM4.14 billion) and other assets (RM74.92 billion).

The central bank said capital and liabilities comprised paid-up capital (RM100 million), reserves (RM161.55 billion), currency in circulation (RM166.1 billion), deposits by financial institutions (RM212.79 billion), federal government deposits (RM8.33 billion), other deposits (RM36.92 billion), Bank Negara papers (RM5.67 billion), allocation of SDRs (RM28.21 billion) and other liabilities (RM3.88 billion). – Bernama, February 9, 2023.