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Analysts expect the ringgit to face a rough week as lower oil prices follow the collapse of OPEC+ talks and add to pressure from Covid-19 concerns. A Sunway University economist said oversupply is likely to push oil prices lower, and that the ringgit's direction will depend heavily on the virus's impact on China.
Expected ringgit weakness and lower oil prices raise the cost of dollar-priced feed imports for Malaysian buyers, while the oversupply signal points to continued energy weakness.
themalaysianreserve.comZukriMar 9, 2020Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
After 312 past bearish macro events, Crude Oil (Brent) moved a median -1.7% over 5 sessions (38% higher; middle half -5.4% to +2.3%), and -1.7% 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.
