Malaysia's central bank reserves up at US$99.1b as of July 14

[KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's gross international reserves rose to US$99.1 billion as of July 14, from $98.9 billion on June 30, the central bank said on Friday.

Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) said reserves were sufficient to finance 7.9 months of retained imports and were 1.1 times the short-term external debt.

REUTERS