Malaysia's foreign reserves stand at $107.8b

KUALA LUMPUR, Apr 07 (Xinhua): Malaysia's central bank Bank Negara said Friday that its international reserves stood at 107.8 billion US dollars as of March 30.

The reserves level has taken into account the adjustment for foreign exchange revaluation changes, said the central bank in a statement.

The reserves position is sufficient to finance 7.4 months of retained imports and is 1.1 times the short-term external debt.

The international reserves consisted of 101.3 billion US dollars in foreign currency reserves, 800 million US dollars in International Monetary Fund Reserves Position, 1.2 billion US dollars in Special Drawing Rights, 1.6 billion US dollars in gold and 2.9 billion US dollars in other reserves assets.