KUALA LUMPUR, March 7 (Reuters) - Malaysia's gross
international reserves rose to $103.7 billion as of Feb. 28 from
$103.6 billion as of Feb. 15, the central bank said on
Wednesday.
Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) said the reserves were sufficient
to finance 7.2 months of retained imports, and were 1.1 times
the short-term external debt.
The central bank released the following international
reserves data, expressed in billions of dollars:
Feb 28 Feb 15 Jan 30 Jan 15
Total gross international 103.7 103.6 103.7 103.0
reserves
Foreign currency reserves 97.1 97.0 97.1 96.3
IMF reserves position 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8
SDRs 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2
Gold 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5
Other reserve assets 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.2
(Reporting by KL Newsroom; Editing by Subhranshu Sahu)
