KUALA LUMPUR: Bank Negara Malaysia's (BNM) international reserves amounted to RM386.0 billion (equivalent to US$110.5 billion) as at Feb 27, 2015.

The central bank said the reserves position was sufficient to finance 7.9 months of retained imports and was 1.1 times the short-term external debt.

The main components of the international reserves were foreign currency reserves (US$101.0 billion), International Monetary Fund position (US$0.9 billion), Special Drawing Rights (SDRs)(US$1.9 billion), gold (US$1.4 billion) and other reserve assets (US$5.3 billion).

BNM's total assets stood at RM405.639 billion, while other assets included Malaysian government papers (RM2.325 billion), deposits with financial institutions (RM1.698 billion), loans and advances (RM6.56 billion), land and buildings (RM2.113 billion) and other assets (RM6.928 billion), the bank said in a statement. Capital and liabilities comprised of paid-up capital (RM100 million), reserves (RM74.09 billion), currency in circulation (RM84.665 billion), deposits by financial institutions (RM144.569 billion), federal government deposits (RM6.368 billion), other deposits (RM1.863 billion), Bank Negara papers (RM73.946 billion), allocation of SDRs (RM6.819 billion) and other liabilities (RM13.210 billion). -- BERNAMA