The international reserves of Bank Negara Malaysia amounted to USD112.8 billion as of 31 May 2022. The reserves position is sufficient to finance 5.7 months of imports of goods and services and is 1.1 times total short-term external debt.
Compared to April the reserves stood at US$112.4 billion, showing an increase on a month-on-month basis.
Malaysia’s performance on this indicator is in line with regional and peer economies. On a historical basis, reserve coverage of imports of goods and services indicator has been in the range of between 5 and 8 months since 2008 – well above the generally accepted ‘rule of thumb’ adequacy threshold of 3-months and demonstrates the ability of the Malaysian economy to withstand against external shocks.
Gold and Foreign Exchange and Other Reserves including SDRs 474,220,383,081 * Malaysian Government Papers 12,529,182,138 Deposits with Financial Institutions 523,812,131 Loans and Advances 23,743,458,070 Land and Buildings 4,143,837,564 Other Assets 19,640,590,482 534,801,263,466
