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Affin Hwang Capital Research expects a clearer policy direction in Budget 2019 to lift the ringgit to 4.00-4.10 per US dollar by year-end from about 4.18. The bank also forecasts the currency could reach 3.80-3.90 in the second half of 2019 as the dollar eases.
The outlook cites Bank Negara's export proceeds conversion rule and Malaysia's current account surplus.
A firmer ringgit makes Malaysian palm oil more expensive in dollar terms for importers, a modest bearish factor for palm oil prices if realized.
beta.malaymail.comOct 31, 2018Not 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.
