KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 7): Bank Negara Malaysia's international reserves slipped US$100 million or 0.1% to US$103.2 billion as at Oct 31 this year, according to the central bank in a statement today, from US$103.3 billion as at Oct 15.

"The reserves position is sufficient to finance 7.6 months of retained imports and is 1.1 times total short-term external debt," BNM said.