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The ringgit is expected to trade sideways with an upside bias in the first week of September, ahead of the Bank Negara Malaysia policy meeting on Sept 4. Analysts expect BNM to hold its overnight rate at 2.75 per cent.
Markets are also awaiting US employment data and digesting July core PCE inflation of 2.9 per cent.
A firmer ringgit and a steady BNM stance affect the cost of Malaysian-denominated imports and palm oil export pricing in ringgit terms. US inflation and jobs data shape dollar direction, which feeds into dollar-denominated feed commodity prices.
malaymail.comAug 30, 2025Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
After 359 past neutral macro events, DXY moved a median -0.0% over 5 sessions (49% higher; middle half -0.4% to +0.4%), and -0.1% over 20.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.
