KUALA LUMPUR (June 10): Malaysia’s international reserves rose 0.3% at the end of May from a fortnight earlier, the central bank said on Monday.
Latest foreign exchange reserves totalled US$113.6 billion (RM532.8 billion) compared to US$113.3 billion as of May 15, Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) said in a statement.
The position is sufficient to finance 5.4 months of imports of goods and services, and is one time the total short-term external debt, it added.
BNM releases data on foreign exchange reserves every two weeks.