Under the directive of the Asian Consultative Council (ACC) of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), a Working Group of regional central banks was set up by the BIS Representative Office for Asia and the Pacific in 2019 to collectively examine their policy frameworks.

Bank Negara Malaysia is holding an online auction of Ringgit banknotes with special serial numbers from 23 to 28 November 2020.

ASEAN has significant achievements to its credit, particularly in promoting regional economic growth; peace; and stability since its formation slightly more than 5 decades ago.

Bank Negara Malaysia is pleased to announce the issuance of commemorative coins in conjunction with the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Meetings 2020 in Malaysia (APEC 2020).

The international reserves of Bank Negara Malaysia amounted to USD104.9 billion as at 13 November 2020.

The Central Bank & Supervisors Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS) announces the inclusion of Bank Negara Malaysia as one of three new members of its expanded Steering Committee. 

BNM as lead of the Task Force on the Roles of ASEAN Central Banks in Managing Climate and Environment-related Risks, is pleased to share the above Report.

The 25th EMEAP Governors’ Meeting held its second session via video conference on 16 November 2020. Joining the meeting were Governors of the eleven EMEAP member central banks (“Governors”), as well as senior representatives from the International Monetary Fund and the Bank for International Settlements.

The Malaysian economy improved to record a smaller contraction of 2.7% in the third quarter of 2020 (2Q 2020: -17.1%).