International Reserves of Bank Negara Malaysia as at 31 July 2023
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The international reserves of Bank Negara Malaysia amounted to USD112.9 billion as at 31 July 2023. The reserves position is sufficient to finance 5.1 months of imports of goods and services[1], and is 1.1 times the total short-term external debt.
[1] Under the previous import coverage measure, reserves are sufficient to finance 7.0 months of retained imports of goods. For more information on the new indicator, please refer to the article on “Expansion of the Measure on Reserve Coverage of Imports – from Retained Imports to Imports of Goods and Services” in BNM's Quarterly Bulletin for the Fourth Quarter of 2021 publication, page 27, which can be accessed at Quarterly Bulletin 4Q2021
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