Bank Negara Malaysia has published the country’s latest international reserves position, with the amount at US$115.2 billion (RM537 billion) as of 15 March 2022. This is a slight drop from the report it released beginning of the month.
The Central Bank adds, the reserves position is sufficient to finance 6 months of imports of goods and services, and is 1.2 times total short-term external debt.
On asset breakdown, RM479.8 are in Gold and Foreign Exchange and Other Reserves including SDRs, RM12.2 billion in Malaysian Government Papers, RM779 million in deposits with financial institutions, RM23 billion in loans and advances, RM4 billion in land and buildings, and RM16 billion in other assets.
