BNM shares the detailed breakdown of the international reserves provides forward-looking information on the size, composition and usability of reserves and other foreign currency assets, and the expected and potential future inflows and outflows of foreign exchange of the Federal Government and Bank Negara Malaysia over the next 12-month period.
The official reserve assets amounted to USD113,478.1 million, while other foreign currency assets amounted to USD2.3 million as at end-December 2023.
- For the next 12 months, the pre-determined short-term outflows of foreign currency loans, securities and deposits, which include among others, scheduled repayment of external borrowings by the Government and the maturity of foreign currency Bank Negara Interbank Bills, amounted to USD14,604.5 million. The net short forward positions amounted to USD23,569.2 million as at end-December 2023, reflecting the management of ringgit liquidity in the money market. In line with the practice
Adopted since April 2006, the data excludes projected foreign currency inflows arising from interest income and the drawdown of project loans. Projected foreign currency inflows amount to USD2,417.5 million in the next 12 months.
- The only contingent short-term net drain on foreign currency assets is Government guarantees of foreign currency debt due
within one year, amounting to USD369.4 million. There are no foreign currency loans with embedded options, and no undrawn, unconditional credit lines provided by or to other central banks, international organisations, banks and other financial institutions. Bank Negara Malaysia also does not engage in foreign currency options vis-à-vis ringgit.
Overall, the detailed breakdown of international reserves indicates that as at end-December 2023, Malaysia’s international reserves remain usable.
