Bank Negara's International Reserves At RM438.7 Billion As At July 15

KUALA LUMPUR, July 22 (Bernama) -- Bank Negara Malaysia's international reserves amounted to RM438.7 billion (equivalent to US$137.9 billion) as at July 15.

Source from (Bernama): http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v7/bu/newsbusiness.php?id=965254
Published: July 23, 2013

Source from (The Star Online): http://www.thestar.com.my/Business/Business-News/2013/07/23/Bank-Negara-foreign-reserves-at-RM4387bil.aspx
Published: July 23, 2013

Source from (Business Times): http://www.btimes.com.my/Current_News/BTIMES/articles/20130723001401/Article/index_html
Published: July 23, 2013

Source from (The Sun Daily): http://www.thesundaily.my/news/777495
Published: July 23, 2013

In a statement, the central bank said the reserves position was sufficient to finance 9.6 months of retained imports and was 4.3 times the short-term external debt.

The international reserves comprised foreign currency reserves (US$125.7 billion), International Monetary Fund reserves (US$9 million), Special Drawing Rights (SDRs)(US$1.9 billion), gold (US$1.4 billion) and other reserve assets (US$8 billion).

Bank Negara's total assets, including international reserves, stood at RM480.22 billion as at July 15, 2013.

Assets other than international reserves included Malaysian government papers (RM1.93 billion), deposits with financial institutions (RM21.68 billion), loans and advances (RM9.04 billion) and other assets (RM8.9 billion).

Its capital and liabilities comprised paid-up capital (RM100 million), general reserve fund (RM33.49 billion), currency in circulation (RM69.56 billion), deposits by financial institutions (RM215.46 billion), federal government's deposit (RM12.37 billion), other deposits (RM4.28 billion), Bank Negara papers (RM118.31 billion), allocation of SDRs (RM6.43 billion) and other liabilities (RM20.23 billion).

-- BERNAMA