The International Reserves of Bank Negara Malaysia amounted to USD133.1 billion as of 30th January 2014

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International Reserves of Bank Negara Malaysia as at 30 January 2014

 The international reserves of Bank Negara Malaysia amounted to RM436.0 billion (equivalent to USD133.1 billion) as at 30 January 2014. The reserves position is sufficient to finance 9.4 months of retained imports and is 3.6 times the short-term external debt. 

Bank Negara Malaysia
10 February 2014

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	435,957,011,236	*
Malaysian Government Papers	1,852,156,766
Deposits with Financial Institutions	11,930,570,825
Loans and Advances	6,631,810,571
Other Assets	7,321,246,166
	463,692,795,564
Capital and Liabilities	RM
Paid-Up Capital	100,000,000
Reserves	55,389,974,328	**
Currency in Circulation	81,897,429,568
Deposits by:
Financial Institutions	180,654,645,853
Federal Government	11,512,911,397
Others	3,075,154,049
Bank Negara Papers	102,658,544,876
Allocation of Special Drawing Rights	6,790,312,388
Other Liabilities  463,692,795,564 Effective from 1999, all foreign assets and liabilities are revalued at the end of each quarter.  The US Dollar equivalent of International Reserves was USD 133.1 billion as at 30 January 2014. **Effective from 15 March 2013, the General Reserve Fund, Other Reserves and Net Profit/(Loss) for the period are reported as Reserves. KUALA LUMPUR 10 February 2014 DR. ZETI AKHTAR AZIZ GOVERNOR International Reserves (with Main Components) 30 January 2014 USD billion Total Gross International Reserves 133.1 Foreign Currency Reserves 120.3 IMF Reserve Position 1.0 SDRs 2.0 Gold 1.4 Other Reserve Assets 8.4 KUALA LUMPUR- The ringgit reversed its earlier gains today to close above 3.33 on short-squeeze, dealers said. At 5 pm, the local unit was quoted at 3.3390/3420 against a greenback from Friday's close at 3.3290/3320. Initially interbank traders went short on US dollars for the ringgit but local corporate demand capped the local unit's gains. The ringgit then slipped to as low to 3.3390 against the greenback on weaker-than-expected December's Industrial Production Data that rose 4.8 per cent from a year earlier, which is below the market forecast of 5.4 per cent growth. Lowest in 24 years On a cross with Singapore dollar, ringgit was traded to its lowest level in 24 years. The ringgit was transacted at 2.6300 today, a loss of nearly 80 per cent against the republic since 1990. The Singapore dollar versus the ringgit was at 2.6300/2.6340 from last week's 2.6277/6259 closing. Against the British pound, ringgit weakened to 5.4773/4836 from Friday's close at 5.4396/4465. The local unit also declined against the yen to 3.2668/2710 from 3.2624/2660 Friday and depreciated against the euro to 4.5551/5602 from 4.5148/5195 last week. - BERNAMA