KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s official reserve assets rose to US$129.73 billion at the end of April 2026 from US$126.61 billion a month earlier, while other foreign currency assets stood at US$66.6 million, Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) said.
The central bank said pre-determined short-term outflows of foreign currency loans, securities and deposits over the next 12 months totalled US$8.22 billion.
These included scheduled repayments of the government’s external borrowings as well as the maturity of foreign currency Bank Negara interbank bills.
“Net short forward positions amounted to US$24.45 billion as at end-April 2026, 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,” Bank Negara said.
It said these projected foreign currency inflows amount to US$2.98 billion in the next 12 months.
The central bank said the only contingent short-term net drain on foreign currency assets is government guarantees of foreign currency debt due within one year, amounting to US$846.4 million.
“There are no foreign currency loans with embedded options, no undrawn, unconditional credit lines provided by or to other central banks, international organisations, banks and other financial institutions.
“Bank Negara also does not engage in foreign currency options vis-à-vis the ringgit,” it said.
Overall, the central bank said the detailed breakdown of international reserves under the International Monetary Fund’s Special Data Dissemination Standard format showed that Malaysia’s international reserves remained usable as at end-April 2026.