Bank Negara Malaysia published its International Monetary Fund (IMF) Special Data Dissemination Standard (SDDS) format disclosure of Malaysia’s international reserves as at end-December 2025, including forward-looking information on reserves composition, usability and expected foreign exchange inflows and outflows over the next 12 months. The SDDS breakdown indicates that Malaysia’s international reserves remained usable at end-December 2025. Official reserve assets totalled USD125,531.6 million and other foreign currency assets were USD266.1 million. Over the next 12 months, pre-determined short-term outflows of foreign currency loans, securities and deposits were USD12,142.7 million, while net short forward positions were USD21,229.7 million, reflecting ringgit liquidity management in the money market; projected foreign currency inflows from interest income and drawdown of project loans are excluded from the SDDS tables but amount to USD2,972.8 million. The only contingent short-term net drain reported was government guarantees of foreign currency debt due within one year of USD417 million, with no foreign currency loans with embedded options, no undrawn unconditional central bank-related credit lines, and no foreign currency options vis-à-vis ringgit.
Bank Negara Malaysia 2026-01-30
Bank Negara Malaysia publishes IMF SDDS disclosure showing USD125,531.6 million in official reserve assets at end-December 2025
Bank Negara Malaysia's IMF Special Data Dissemination Standard disclosure for end-December 2025 shows official reserve assets at USD125,531.6 million and other foreign currency assets at USD266.1 million. The report highlights pre-determined short-term outflows of USD12,142.7 million and net short forward positions of USD21,229.7 million, with a contingent short-term net drain of USD417 million from government guarantees.