BNM's International Reserves Remain Unchanged at US$95 Bln

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 22 (Bernama) -- Bank Negara Malaysia's (the Central Bank of Malaysia) international reserves remained unchanged at US$95 billion (equivalent to RM426.2 billion) as at Feb 15, 2017 when compared with Jan 31, 2017. The reserves position is sufficient to finance 8.4 months of retained imports and is 1.1 times the short-term external debt, it said in a statement. Short-term external debt 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. -- BERNAMA