KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 21): The international reserves of Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) fell further to RM356.4 billion (US$94.5 billion) as at Aug 14, 2015 from RM364.7 billion (US$96.7 billion) as at July 31, 2015.
The central bank's foreign exchange reserves dropped below US$100 billion last month for the first time since 2010.
The reserves position is sufficient to finance 7.5 months of retained imports and is 1.0 time the short-term external debt .