KUALA LUMPUR: Bank Negara’s international reserves amounted to US$130.5bil as at June 15, down marginally from US$130.6bil as at May 29.
“The reserves position is sufficient to finance 4.6 months of imports of goods and services, and is 0.9 times of total short-term external debt,” the central bank said in a statement.
The main components of the reserves were foreign currency reserves (US$114.4bil), International Monetary Fund reserves (US$1.3bil), special drawing rights (US$5.9bil), gold (US$6.5bil), and other reserve assets (US$2.4bil).
