Bank Negara Malaysia publishes IMF SDDS reserve breakdown showing USD126.6 billion in official reserve assets and continued usability at end-March 2026

Bank Negara Malaysia has published its detailed breakdown of international reserves under the International Monetary Fund Special Data Dissemination Standard, reporting official reserve assets of USD126,610.6 million and other foreign currency assets of USD69.0 million at end-March 2026. The release indicates that Malaysia’s international reserves remain usable. For the next 12 months, pre-determined short-term outflows from foreign currency loans, securities and deposits total USD9,902.5 million, including scheduled repayment of government external borrowings and maturing foreign currency Bank Negara Interbank Bills. Net short forward positions stood at USD23,203.2 million, reflecting ringgit liquidity management in the money market. In line with practice adopted since April 2006, the data excludes projected foreign currency inflows from interest income and project loan drawdowns, which would amount to USD3,010.0 million over the next 12 months. The only contingent short-term net drain on foreign currency assets was government guarantees of foreign currency debt due within one year at USD846.4 million. There were no foreign currency loans with embedded options, no undrawn unconditional credit lines provided by or to other central banks, international organisations, banks or other financial institutions, and no foreign currency options vis-à-vis ringgit.