# Ringgit opens lower against US dollar

> The ringgit opened weaker against the US dollar on Friday despite a weak Philadelphia Fed manufacturing reading, as higher-than-expected US jobless claims also weighed on the greenback. The dollar index slipped to 95.991 after the ECB said it would end its pandemic bond purchases by March 2022.

- Date: 2021-12-17 · published 2021-12-17T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: macro · region Malaysia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/43870-ringgit-opens-lower-against-us-dollar
- Commodities: [Malaysian Ringgit (MYR per USD)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/USDMYR.md), [US Dollar (Broad)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DXY.md)

## Why it matters

Currency moves of this size have little direct effect on feed grain prices, though a softer dollar can modestly support dollar-denominated commodity prices for Malaysian buyers.

## Read by commodity

- DXY: bearish ▼
- USDMYR: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DXY | 2023-04-28 | [Ringgit Opens Higher Against US dollar](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36679-ringgit-opens-higher-against-us-dollar.md) | -0.3% | +1.2% |
| DXY | 2020-04-30 | [Ringgit opens higher against USD](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53929-ringgit-opens-higher-against-usd.md) | +0.7% | -1.4% |
| DXY | 2021-07-30 | [Ringgit opens marginally higher against US dollar \| Malay Mail](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46328-ringgit-opens-marginally-higher-against-us-dollar-malay-mail.md) | +0.3% | +1.2% |
| DXY | 2019-11-12 | [Ringgit opens higher against US dollar on American bond yield concerns](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56339-ringgit-opens-higher-against-us-dollar-on-american-bond-yield-concerns.md) | +0.0% | -0.1% |
| DXY | 2025-09-17 | [BernamaBiz - Ringgit Opens Higher Against Us Dollar On Softer Fed Outlook](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23163-bernamabiz-ringgit-opens-higher-against-us-dollar-on-softer-fed-outlook.md) | +0.4% | +1.5% |

## Sources

- themalaysianreserve.com: https://themalaysianreserve.com/2021/12/17/ringgit-opens-lower-against-us-dollar-5/

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