Bank Negara Malaysia publishes IMF SDDS reserves breakdown showing USD118,698.4 million in official reserve assets at end-April 2025

Bank Negara Malaysia published the International Monetary Fund Special Data Dissemination Standard (SDDS) detailed breakdown of Malaysia’s international reserves as at end-April 2025, providing a forward-looking view of the size, composition and usability of reserves and other foreign currency assets, and expected and potential foreign exchange inflows and outflows of the Federal Government and the central bank over the next 12 months. The disclosure indicates Malaysia’s international reserves remained usable. Official reserve assets totalled USD118,698.4 million, alongside USD1,753.9 million in other foreign currency assets. Pre-determined short-term outflows over the next 12 months were USD14,075.1 million, including scheduled repayment of government external borrowings and maturities of foreign currency Bank Negara Interbank Bills, while net short forward positions were USD24,036.3 million. Contingent short-term net drains were limited to government guarantees of foreign currency debt due within one year of USD419 million, with no foreign currency loans with embedded options, no undrawn unconditional credit lines with other institutions, and no foreign currency options vis-à-vis the ringgit; projected foreign currency inflows excluded from the SDDS presentation were USD2,697.5 million over the next 12 months.