Kuala lumpur: Malaysia's official reserve assets amounted to US$125.53 billion, while other foreign currency assets stood at US$266.1 million as at end-December 2025. Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) provided this information, highlighting the status of the country's reserves. According to BERNAMA News Agency, the pre-determined short-term outflows of foreign currency loans, securities, and deposits for the next 12 months amounted to US$12.14 billion. This figure includes the scheduled repayment of external borrowings and the maturity of foreign currency Bank Negara Interbank Bills. The net short forward positions were reported to be US$21.23 billion by the end of December 2025, reflecting ringgit liquidity management in the money market. Since April 2006, BNM has excluded projected foreign currency inflows from interest income and the drawdown of project loans from this data presentation. BNM projected foreign currency inflows of US$2.97 billion over the next 12 months. The only contingent short-term net drain on foreign-currency assets is government guarantees of foreign-currency debt maturing within a year, amounting to US$417 million. The central bank clarified that there are no foreign currency loans with embedded options and no undrawn, unconditional credit lines involving other central banks, international organizations, banks, or financial institutions. BNM also does not engage in foreign currency options vis-à-vis the ringgit. In line with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Special Data Dissemination Standard (SDDS) format, the detailed breakdown of international reserves provides forward-looking information on the size, composition, and usability of reserves and other foreign currency assets. It also provides data on the expected and potential future inflows and outflows of foreign exchange of the government and BNM over the next 12 months. BNM concluded that the detailed breakdown of international reserves under the IMF SDDS format indicates that, as of end-December 2025, Malaysia's international re serves remain usable.