International reserves at US$96.4 billion
23 Dec 2016 / 05:40 H.
KUALA LUMPUR: The international reserves of Bank Negara Malaysia amounted to RM399.7 billion (US$96.4 billion) as at Dec 15, 2016.
The reserves position is sufficient to finance 8.3 months of retained imports and is 1.2 times the short-term external debt, which includes short-term offshore borrowing, non-resident holdings of short-term ringgit debt securities, non-resident deposits with the banking system and other short-term debt.