KUALA LUMPUR: Bank Negara’s international reserves amounted to US$109.2bil as at June 15, down from US$112.8bil as at May 31.

       “The reserves position is sufficient to finance 5.5 months of imports of goods and services, and is 1.1 times the total short-term external debt,” the central bank said in a statement.

       Bank Negara said the main components of the international reserves were foreign currency reserves (US$96.3bil), IMF reserves position (US$1.4bil), special drawing rights (US$6bil), gold (US$2.4bil), and other reserve assets (US$3.1bil).