Xinhua, Kuala Lumpur :
The Malaysian central bank, Bank Negara, said Thursday the country’s international reserves stood at 102.1 billion U. S. dollars as of Nov. 15. The reserves were 0.4 billion U.S. dollars higher as compared with the 101.7 billion U.S. dollars as of Oct. 31.
The central bank said in a statement that the reserves position is sufficient to finance 7.7 months of retained imports and is 1 times the short-term external debt.
The international reserves consisted of 96.4 billion U.S. dollars in foreign currency reserves, 900 million U.S. dollars in International Monetary Fund Reserves Position, 1.1 billion U.S. dollars in Special Drawing Rights, 1.5 billion U.S. dollars in gold and 2.2 billion U.S. dollars in other reserves assets.
