Bank Negara Malaysia publishes IMF SDDS breakdown of end-January 2025 international reserves showing USD116.4bn in official reserve assets

Bank Negara Malaysia released its detailed disclosure of Malaysia’s international reserves as at end-January 2025 in the International Monetary Fund Special Data Dissemination Standard format, setting out the size, composition and usability of reserves and other foreign currency assets alongside expected and potential foreign exchange inflows and outflows over the next 12 months. Official reserve assets stood at USD116,351.0 million and other foreign currency assets at USD1,103.8 million. Pre-determined short-term outflows over the next 12 months totalled USD10,976.0 million, covering items including scheduled repayment of external borrowings by the Government and maturities of foreign currency Bank Negara Interbank Bills, while net short forward positions were USD29,298.0 million. Projected foreign currency inflows over the next 12 months were USD2,449.1 million, excluding projected inflows from interest income and drawdowns of project loans in line with an established practice. The only contingent short-term net drain reported was Government guarantees of foreign currency debt due within one year amounting to USD419.1 million, with no foreign currency loans with embedded options, no undrawn unconditional credit lines, and no foreign currency options vis-à-vis the ringgit. The disclosure concludes that Malaysia’s international reserves remained usable as at end-January 2025.