{"id":57642,"date":"2023-08-07T16:55:22","date_gmt":"2023-08-07T08:55:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-my-161844363.ap-southeast-1.elb.amazonaws.com\/articles\/?p=57642"},"modified":"2023-08-07T16:55:22","modified_gmt":"2023-08-07T08:55:22","slug":"bnm-international-reserves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/bnm-international-reserves","title":{"rendered":"BNM International Reserves At USD112.9 Billion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has been recently revealed that the international reserves of Bank Negara Malaysia amounted to USD112.9 billion as at 31 July 2023. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This means that the reserves position is sufficient to support about 5.1 months of imports of goods and services, according to the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bnm.gov.my\/-\/bnm-statement-of-assets-liabilities-31-july-2023?inheritRedirect=true&amp;redirect=%2F-%2Finternational-reserves-of-bank-negara-malaysia-as-at-31-july-2023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BNM Statement of Assets &amp; Liabilities (31 July 2023)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/static.imoney.my\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/07165105\/BNM-intl-reserves-31-July-2023.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-57652\" src=\"https:\/\/static.imoney.my\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/07165105\/BNM-intl-reserves-31-July-2023.jpg\" alt=\"BNM monthly international reserves\" width=\"1200\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.imoney.my\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/07165105\/BNM-intl-reserves-31-July-2023.jpg 1200w, 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2023.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>International reserves have recovered slightly from last month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":57654,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1026,271,216],"tags":[522,1213,982],"class_list":["post-57642","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-budget-2023","category-economy","category-news-updates","tag-bnm","tag-international-reserves","tag-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>BNM International Reserves At USD112.9 Billion<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"BNM\u2019s international reserves now stand at USD112.9 Billion, which can finance about 5.1 months of imports of goods and services.\" \/>\n<meta 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