Thursday, March 8, 2012

Bank Negara reserves at RM426.7b Feb 2012

KUALA LUMPUR: The international reserves of Bank Negara amounted to RM426.7bil (equivalent to US$134.7bil) as at Feb 29. This is sufficient to finance 9.4 months of retained imports and 4.1 times the short-term external debt, the central bank said in a statement.

Source from (The Star Online): http://biz.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2012/3/8/business/10877318&sec=business
Published: March 08, 2012

It said the main components of the international reserves were foreign currency (US$121.0bil); International Monetary Fund reserves (US$800mil); Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) (US$2bil); gold (US$1.8bil) and other reserves (US$9.1bil).

Its total assets, including international reserves, totalled RM478.59bil. - Bernama

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