Bank Negara's international reserves rise to US$107.5bil as at Nov 15

KUALA LUMPUR: Bank Negara’s international reserves amounted to US$107.5bil as at Nov 15, up from US$105.2bil as at Oct 31.

“The reserves position is sufficient to finance 5.2 months of imports of goods and services, and is 1.0 time of the total short-term external debt,” the central bank said in a statement.

Bank Negara said the main components of the international reserves were foreign currency reserves (US$95.8bil), International Monetary Fund reserves position (US$1.3bil), special drawing rights (US$5.5bil), gold (US$2.1bil) and other reserve assets (US$2.8bil).