KUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 6 (Xinhua) -- Malaysia's central bank said Friday that its international reserves stood at 103.5 billion U.S. dollars as of Aug. 30.
The reserves were 0.4 percent higher when compared with 103.1 billion U.S. dollars as of Aug. 15.
The central bank said in a statement that the reserves position is sufficient to finance 7.6 months of retained imports and is 1.1 time total short-term external debt.
The international reserves consisted of 97.1 billion U.S. dollars in foreign currency reserves, 1.2 billion U.S. dollars in International Monetary Fund Reserves Position, 1.1 billion U.S. dollars in Special Drawing Rights, 1.8 billion U.S. dollars in gold and 2.3 billion U.S. dollars in other reserves assets.