BNM's international reserves at RM391b as at Aug 15
Published on: Tuesday, August 23, 2016
Kuala Lumpur: Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM)'s international reserves amounted to RM391.9 billion (equivalent to US$97.5 billion) as at Aug 15, 2016 compared with RM391.1 billion (equivalent to US$97.3 billion) at July 29, 2016. In a statement here Monday, BNM said, the reserves position was sufficient to finance 8.1 months of retained imports and is 1.2 times the short-term external debt.The main components of the international reserves were foreign currency reserves (US$89.5 billion), International Monetary Fund reserves position (US$0.8 billion), Special Drawing Rights (SDR)(US$1.1 billion), gold (US$1.5 billion) and other reserve assets (US$4.6 billion).
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