PRESS RELEASE
BANK NEGARA
INTERNATIONAL RESERVES OF BANK NEGARA MALAYSIA AS AT 29 FEBRUARY 2016
The international reserves of Bank Negara Malaysia amounted to RM410.5 billion (equivalent to USD95.6 billion) as at 29 February 2016. The reserves position is sufficient to finance 8.3 months of retained imports and is 1.2 times the short-term external debt [1].
[1]Refers to the redefined short-term external debt, which includes short-term offshore borrowing, non-resident holdings of short-term ringgit debt securities, non-resident deposits with the banking system and other short-term debt. For more information, please refer to the box article titled 'The Redefinition of External Debt' in the Quarterly Bulletin on Economic and Financial Developments in the Malaysian Economy in the First Quarter of 2014.
Bank Negara Malaysia
07 March 2016
BNM Statement of Assets & Liabilities
(Pursuant to Section 12(1) of the Central Bank of Malaysia Act 2009)
Assets | RM |
Gold and Foreign Exchange and Other Reserves including SDR | 410,492,169,368 |
Malaysian Government Papers | 2,019,525,951 |
Deposits with Financial Institutions | 5,156,095,649 |
Loans and Advances | 7,100,780,301 |
Land and Buildings | 2,113,933,550 |
Other Assets | 16,148,628,178 |
443,031,132,997 | |
Capital and Liabilities |
RM |
Paid-Up Capital | 100,000,000 |
Reserves | 129,747,403,368 |
Currency in Circulation | 91,184,106,973 |
Deposits by: | |
Financial Institutions | 168,434,328,262 |
Federal Government | 8,243,109,028 |
Others | 548,935,094 |
Bank Negara Papers | 23,735,828,492 |
Allocation of Special Drawing Rights | 8,009,059,759 |
Other Liabilities | 13,028,362,021 |
443,031,132,997 |
The US Dollar equivalent of International Reserves as at 29 February 2016 is USD95.6 billion. |
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KUALA LUMPUR | DR. ZETI AKHTAR AZIZ |