Bank Negara Malaysia releases IMF SDDS reserves template showing USD121.3 billion of official reserve assets at end-July 2025

Bank Negara Malaysia published the International Monetary Fund Special Data Dissemination Standard (SDDS) detailed breakdown of Malaysia’s international reserves and foreign currency liquidity as at end-July 2025, providing a forward-looking view of reserve composition and expected and potential foreign exchange inflows and outflows over the next 12 months. Official reserve assets were USD121,278.1 million and other foreign currency assets were USD603.7 million, with the SDDS breakdown indicating the reserves remain usable. Over the next 12 months, pre-determined short-term outflows of foreign currency loans, securities and deposits total USD14,648.6 million, including scheduled repayment of external borrowings by the Government and maturities of foreign currency Bank Negara Interbank Bills. Net short forward positions were USD21,171.5 million, reflecting ringgit liquidity management in the money market. In line with practice since April 2006, projected foreign currency inflows from interest income and project-loan drawdowns are excluded from the SDDS outflow coverage, although projected inflows are quantified at USD2,677.4 million. The only contingent short-term net drain reported is Government guarantees of foreign currency debt due within one year of USD417.1 million; no foreign currency loans with embedded options and no undrawn, unconditional credit lines with other central banks or financial institutions are reported, and Bank Negara Malaysia does not engage in foreign currency options vis-à-vis ringgit.