{"id":14685,"date":"2022-08-22T15:56:05","date_gmt":"2022-08-22T07:56:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=14685"},"modified":"2022-08-22T15:56:06","modified_gmt":"2022-08-22T07:56:06","slug":"bnms-international-reserves-rise-to-us110-9-bln-as-at-aug-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=14685","title":{"rendered":"BNM&#8217;s international reserves rise to US$110.9 bln as at Aug 15"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 22<\/strong> &#8212;\u00a0Bank Negara Malaysia\u2019s (BNM) international reserves rose to US$110.9 billion (US$1=RM4.48) as of Aug 15,\u00a02022, from US$109.2 billion on July 29, 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The reserves position is sufficient to finance 5.5 months of imports of goods and services, and is 1.1 times of the total short-term external debt,\u00a0the central bank said in a statement today.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/8938d4fcdcd916225e5b8301c103cd3d5e9814017684e-1024x547.jpg\" alt=\"international reserves\" class=\"wp-image-5984\" width=\"616\" height=\"328\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/8938d4fcdcd916225e5b8301c103cd3d5e9814017684e-1024x547.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/8938d4fcdcd916225e5b8301c103cd3d5e9814017684e-300x160.jpg 300w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/8938d4fcdcd916225e5b8301c103cd3d5e9814017684e-768x410.jpg 768w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/8938d4fcdcd916225e5b8301c103cd3d5e9814017684e-187x100.jpg 187w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/8938d4fcdcd916225e5b8301c103cd3d5e9814017684e-350x187.jpg 350w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/8938d4fcdcd916225e5b8301c103cd3d5e9814017684e-800x427.jpg 800w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/8938d4fcdcd916225e5b8301c103cd3d5e9814017684e.jpg 1090w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 616px) 100vw, 616px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BNM said the main components of the international reserves were foreign currency reserves (US$98.5&nbsp;billion), International Monetary Fund&nbsp;reserves position (US$1.3 billion), special drawing rights (SDRs) (US$5.7&nbsp;billion), gold (US$2.3&nbsp;billion) and other reserve assets (US$3.1 billion).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The assets comprised gold, foreign exchange and other reserves&nbsp;including SDRs&nbsp;(RM488.47&nbsp;billion), Malaysian government papers (RM12.12&nbsp;billion), loans and advances (RM23.62&nbsp;billion), land and buildings (RM4.14&nbsp;billion) and other assets (RM33.61&nbsp;billion).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, capital and liabilities comprised&nbsp;paid-up capital (RM100 million), reserves (RM168.77&nbsp;billion), currency in circulation (RM157.38&nbsp;billion), deposits by financial institutions (RM173.78&nbsp;billion), federal government deposits (RM10.22&nbsp;billion), other deposits (RM12.32&nbsp;billion), Bank Negara papers (RM7.43&nbsp;billion), allocation of SDRs (RM28.25&nbsp;billion) and other liabilities (RM3.73&nbsp;billion).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/\">NMT<\/a> as reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bernama.com\/en\/business\/news.php?id=2113275\">Bernama<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 22 &#8212;\u00a0Bank Negara Malaysia\u2019s (BNM) international reserves rose to US$110.9 billion 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