KUALA LUMPUR: The international reserves of Bank Negara Malaysia amounted to US$113.4 billion as at March 15, down from US$114.3 billion as at Feb 29.
"The reserves position is sufficient to finance 5.4 months of imports of goods and services, and is 1.0 times of the total short-term external debt," the central bank said in a statement.
The main components of the international reserves are foreign currency reserves (US$100.8 billion), International Monetary Fund reserves position (US$1.4 billion), special drawing rights (US$5.8 billion), gold (US$2.6 billion) and other reserve assets (US$2.8 billion).
