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The ringgit extended its nine-day rally against the US dollar to near an 11-month high on August 1. Analysts attributed the move to the FOMC meeting and expectations of a September US rate cut, with US Treasury yields falling.
Currency strength in Malaysia alters palm oil export competitiveness and the cost of imported feed inputs for Malaysian buyers, with limited direct effect on global feed prices.
staging.malaysiakini.comBernamaJul 31, 2024Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
After 86 past neutral macro events, Palm Oil moved a median +0.3% over 5 sessions (56% higher; middle half -1.6% to +2.0%), and +1.0% 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.
