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Malaysia's c.bank reserves edge up to $97.8 bln as of Oct 14

Reuters

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 21 (Reuters) - Malaysia's central bank

said on Friday that reserves rose to $97.8 billion as of Oct.

14, from $97.7 billion on Sept. 30.

Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) said reserves were sufficient to

finance 8.5 months of retained imports.

The central bank released the following international

reserves data, expressed in billions of ringgit:

Oct 14 Sept 30 Sept 15 Aug 30

Reserves 405.6 405.0 392.5 391.9

Assets 423.8 424.2 411.2 412.3

Currency in circulation 91.0 92.2 92.1 91.1

($1 = 4.1520 ringgit)

(Reporting by Praveen Menon; Editing by Sunil Nair)