KUALA LUMPUR: Bank Negara’s international reserves amounted to US$115.2bil as at March 15, 2022, compared with US$115.8bil two weeks prior.

       “The reserves position is sufficient to finance six months of imports of goods and services, and is 1.2 times total short-term external debt,” the central bank said in a statement.

       The main components of the international reserves were foreign currency reserves (US$102bil), International Monetary Fund reserves position (US$1.4bil), special drawing rights or SDRs (US$6bil), gold (US$2.3bil), and other reserve assets (US$3.5bil).

       It said the assets comprised gold, foreign exchange and other reserves including SDRs (RM479.79bil), Malaysian government papers (RM12.2bil), deposits with financial institutions (RM779.94mil), loans and advances (RM23.34bil), land and buildings (RM4.16bil), and other assets (RM16.85bil).