International Reserves Position as of March 2026
Summary
Bank Negara Malaysia published its international reserves position as of March 31, 2026, reporting USD126.6 billion in reserves. The reserves provide 4.6 months of coverage for imports of goods and services and represent 0.9 times short-term external debt. This is a routine statistical release with no new regulatory requirements.
What changed
BNM released its quarterly international reserves position as of March 31, 2026. The reserves stand at USD126.6 billion, covering 4.6 months of imports of goods and services (revised methodology from the previous 5.7 months of retained imports). The reserves position represents 0.9 times the total short-term external debt based on 4Q 2025 data. BNM notes that short-term external debt is primarily composed of resident banks' foreign currency operations and MNC borrowing from overseas parents, which can be met from external asset holdings without claims on BNM reserves.
This is a purely informational statistical release with no compliance obligations, deadlines, or penalties. No action is required from any regulated entity. Financial institutions and market participants may use this data for macroeconomic analysis and risk assessment purposes.
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International Reserves of Bank Negara Malaysia as at 31 March 2026
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7 Apr 2026
The international reserves of Bank Negara Malaysia amounted to USD126.6 billion as at 31 March 2026. The reserves level has taken into account the quarterly foreign exchange revaluation changes. The reserves position is sufficient to finance 4.6 months of imports of goods and services, [1] and is 0.9 times [2] of the total short-term external debt. [3]
[1] Under the previous import coverage measure, reserves is sufficient to finance 5.7 months of retained imports of goods. For more information on the new indicator, please refer to the article on ‘Expansion of the Measure on Reserve Coverage of Imports – from Retained Imports to Imports of Goods and Services’ in BNM’s Quarterly Bulletin for the Fourth Quarter of 2021 publication, page 27, which can be accessed at Quarterly Bulletin 4Q 2021
[2] The ratio comprises the latest available data on reserves (as at 31 March 2026) and short-term external debt (available as at 4Q 2025). As per normal practice, the short-term external debt is valued using the exchange rate as at 4Q 2025.
[3] The short-term external debt comprises of borrowing from non-residents with maturity of one year or less. It is accounted mostly by resident banks in connection with their foreign currency liquidity operations and MNCs (including foreign banks) borrowing from their overseas parent/headquarters. These obligations can be met in the normal course of operations from their external asset holdings and do not pose any claims on BNM international reserves.
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