Bank Negara reserves at RM392.49b


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PETALING JAYA: Bank Negara’s international reserves rose RM570mil or US$200mil to RM392.49b or US$97.7b at Sept 15 from two weeks ago.

The central bank in a statement said that the reserves position was sufficient to finance 8.1 months of retained imports and is 1.2 times the short-term external debt.

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