Malaysia’s official reserves at US$102.95bil as at end-may 2020


KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s international reserves remained usable as at end-May 2020, with official reserve assets at US$102.95 billion, in accordance with the International Monetary Fund’s Special Data Dissemination Standard (IMF SDDS) format.

In a statement today, Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) said other foreign currency assets amounted to US$895.8 million.

"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 repayment arising from the maturity of foreign currency Bank Negara Interbank Bills, amount to US$7.94 billion,” it said.

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