Bank Negara Malaysia released its detailed disclosure of Malaysia’s international reserves and foreign currency liquidity in the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Special Data Dissemination Standard (SDDS) format, providing forward-looking information on the size, composition and usability of reserves and expected and potential foreign exchange inflows and outflows over the next 12 months. Official reserve assets were USD117,486 million and other foreign currency assets were USD4.3 million at end-March 2025. Over the following 12 months, pre-determined short-term outflows from foreign currency loans, securities and deposits were USD11,994.6 million, including scheduled repayments of government external borrowings and maturities of foreign currency Bank Negara Interbank Bills. Net short forward positions were USD26,836.5 million, reflecting ringgit liquidity management, while projected foreign currency inflows totalled USD2,580.6 million, excluding interest income and drawdowns of project loans in line with the practice since April 2006. Contingent short-term net drains were limited to government guarantees of foreign currency debt due within one year of USD419.0 million, with no foreign currency loans with embedded options, no undrawn unconditional credit lines, and no foreign currency options vis-à-vis the ringgit, and the disclosure indicated reserves remained usable.
Bank Negara Malaysia 2025-04-30
Bank Negara Malaysia publishes IMF SDDS disclosure showing end-March 2025 official reserves of USD117,486 million
Bank Negara Malaysia reported international reserves of USD117,486 million and other foreign currency assets of USD4.3 million as of end-March 2025. Over the next 12 months, pre-determined short-term outflows are USD11,994.6 million, with net short forward positions at USD26,836.5 million and projected foreign currency inflows of USD2,580.6 million. Contingent short-term net drains are limited to USD419.0 million in government guarantees, with reserves remaining usable.