KUALA LUMPUR: Bank Negara’s international reserves stood at US$116.3bil as at Dec 15, compared with US$116.7bil as at Nov 30.

       In a statement Wednesday, Bank Negara said the reserves position was sufficient to finance 7.9 months of retained imports and is 1.2 times total short-term external debt.

       The central bank said the main components of the international reserves were foreign currency reserves (US$102.8bil), IMF reserves position (US$1.4bil), special drawing rights (US$6.1bil), gold (US$2.2bil), and other reserve assets (US$3.8bil).