Saturday, June 23, 2012

International reserves at RM417.3bil

KUALA LUMPUR: Bank Negara's international reserves amounted to RM417.3bil (equivalent to US$136bil) as at June 15.

Source from (The Star Online): http://biz.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2012/6/23/business/20120623081108&sec=business
Published: Jun 23, 2012

The reserves position was sufficient to finance 9.3 months of retained imports and was 4.1 times the shortterm external debt, said the central bank in a statement yesterday. It said the main components of the international reserves were foreign currencies (US$123.3 bil); International Monetary Fund reserves (US$900 mil); special drawing rights (SDRs) (US$2bil); gold (US$1.9bil) and other reserves assets (US$7.9 bil).

The central bank's total assets, including international reserves, stood at RM472.008 bil. Its other assets included Malaysian government papers (RM2.126bil); deposits with financial institutions (RM33.442 bil); loans and advances (RM10.306bil); and other assets (RM8.859bil). - Bernama

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