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The ringgit rose to a nine-month high of RM4.053 against the dollar after the Federal Reserve said it would not raise rates in 2019. Analysts said the dovish Fed stance supported emerging-market currencies.
A firmer ringgit lowers the local cost of dollar-priced imports such as feed ingredients, while a dovish Fed weakens the dollar broadly, which tends to support dollar-denominated commodity prices.
themalaysianreserve.comDayang NorazharMar 22, 2019Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
After 1,637 past bearish macro events, DXY moved a median -0.2% over 5 sessions (39% higher; middle half -0.6% to +0.3%), and -0.2% 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.
