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State Street Global Advisors' Asia-Pacific fixed income head Kheng Siang Ng said the ringgit risks briefly falling to 5 per dollar if Malaysian political instability shakes investor confidence. The currency slumped to about 4.8 per dollar in October, its weakest since 1998, and authorities are expected to defend it.
A weaker ringgit makes Malaysian palm oil and other exports cheaper in dollar terms, which can support palm oil prices, while raising the cost of imported feed inputs for Malaysian buyers.
sg.finance.yahoo.comBloombergJan 30, 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.
