KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's international reserves stay above US$112 billion and remain usable as at end-November.
Bank Negara Malaysia said in accordance with the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) Special Data Dissemination Standard (SDDS) format, official reserve assets amounted to US$112.3 billion, while other foreign currency assets amounted to US$3.9 million as at end-November.
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 US$18.013 billion.
The net short forward positions amounted to US$23.99 billion as at end-November, reflecting the management of ringgit liquidity in the money market.
Projected foreign currency inflows amount to US$2.4 billion in the next 12 months.
"The only contingent short-term net drain on foreign currency assets are government guarantees of foreign currency debt due within one year, amounting to US$369.4 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 Malaysia also does not engage in foreign currency options vis-à-vis ringgit," it said.