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Malaysia: Central bank's international reserves increases

The Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) saw its international reserves rising to 115.5 billion USD as of March 31, from 114 billion USD posted on March 15.
Kuala Lumpur (VNA) – The Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM)saw its international reserves rising to 115.5 billion USD as of March 31, from114 billion USD posted on March 15.

In its statement on April 7, the central bank said thereserves position is sufficient to finance 5.1-month imports of goods andservices, and is 1.1 times of the total short-term external debt.

BNM said the main components of its international reserves areforeign currency reserves (103.1 billion USD), International Monetary Fundreserves position (1.4 billion USD), special drawing rights (5.8 billion USD),gold (2.5 billion USD) and other reserve assets (2.7 billion USD)./.
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