KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 22 — Bank Negara Malaysia’s international reserves stood at US$116.5 billion as at Nov 15, 2021.
The reserves position is sufficient to finance 8.1 months of retained imports and is 1.2 times total short-term external debt, the central bank said in a statement today. BNM said the main components of the international reserves were foreign currency reserves , IMF reserves position , special drawing rights , gold , and other reserve assets .
Assets comprising gold, foreign exchange and other reserves including SDRs, amounted to RM487.80 billion, Malaysian government papers , deposits with financial institutions , loans and advances , land and buildings , and other assets . Capital and liabilities comprising paid-up capital amounted to RM100 million, reserves , currency in circulation , deposits by financial institutions , federal government deposits , other deposits , Bank Negara papers , allocation of SDRs and other liabilities . — Bernama
Hey, its USD116.5B. RM will plunge if it’s RM116.5B. Perhaps most Malaysian media are running at a loss. Can’t afford better staff.