Bank Negara Malaysia publishes IMF SDDS international reserves breakdown showing USD128,298.1 million in official reserve assets at end-February 2026

Bank Negara Malaysia published the International Monetary Fund Special Data Dissemination Standard (SDDS) detailed breakdown of international reserves, 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 SDDS template indicates that Malaysia’s international reserves remained usable as at end-February 2026. Official reserve assets stood at USD128,298.1 million and other foreign currency assets at USD321.0 million. Over the next 12 months, pre-determined short-term outflows of foreign currency loans, securities and deposits were USD10,240.0 million, including scheduled repayment of external Government borrowings and maturities of foreign currency Bank Negara Interbank Bills, while net short forward positions were USD21,211.3 million, reflecting ringgit liquidity management; projected foreign currency inflows from interest income and drawdown of project loans were excluded, and were stated at USD2,959.4 million for the next 12 months. Contingent short-term net drains were limited to Government guarantees of foreign currency debt due within one year of USD847.2 million, with no foreign currency loans with embedded options, no undrawn unconditional credit lines provided by or to other central banks, international organisations, banks or other financial institutions, and no foreign currency options vis-à-vis ringgit.