KUALA LUMPUR: Bank Negara’s international reserves rose to US$117.7bil as at Feb 14, 2025 from US$116.4bil as at Jan 31, 2025.
“The reserves position is sufficient to finance 5.0 months of imports of goods and services, and is 0.9 times of the total short-term external debt,” the central bank said in a statement.
The main components of the reserves were foreign currency reserves (US$105.2bil), the International Monetary Fund reserves position (US$1.2bil), special drawing rights (US$5.7bil), gold (US$3.3bil), and other reserve assets (US$2.3bil).
