Kuala lumpur: Malaysia’s official international reserve assets stood at US$123.6 billion (US$1= RM4.19) as at end-September 2025, up from US$122.68 billion as at end-August 2025, according to Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM).

According to BERNAMA News Agency, BNM reported that other foreign currency assets totalled US$201.9 million as at end-September 2025. The central bank provided a detailed breakdown of international reserves, offering forward-looking information on their size, composition, and usability, in line with the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) Special Data Dissemination Standard (SDDS) format.

The central bank also elaborated on the guidance provided by the breakdown, which includes expected and potential future inflows and outflows of foreign exchange of the federal government and BNM over the next 12-month period. BNM’s statement confirmed that, as of end-September 2025, Malaysia’s international reserves remain usable.

For the upcoming year, BNM highlighted that the predetermined short-term outflows of foreign currency loans, securities, and deposits, which include the scheduled repayment of external borrowings by the government and maturities of foreign currency Bank Negara Interbank Bills, amount to US$15.4 billion. Additionally, the net short forward positions were noted at US$20.8 billion, a reflection of ringgit liquidity management in the money market.

As per the practice adopted since April 2006, BNM’s data exclude projected foreign currency inflows from interest income and the drawdown of project loans. The projected foreign currency inflows are anticipated to total US$2.8 billion in the next year.

BNM identified that the only contingent short-term net drain on foreign currency assets arises from government guarantees of foreign currency debt maturing within one year, amounting to US$417 million. The central bank clarified that there are no foreign currency loans with embedded options, nor are there undrawn, unconditional credit lines provided by or to other central banks, international organisations, banks, and other financial institutions. Furthermore, BNM does not engage in foreign currency options vis- -vis the ringgit.