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Bank Negara Malaysia reported that non-resident investors sold domestic financial assets in May, driven by risk-off sentiment, expected faster Fed rate hikes, a stronger dollar and trade tensions. The FBM KLCI fell 6.9% during the month and the ringgit lost 1.4% against the dollar.
Ringgit weakness and capital outflows raise the cost of imported feed inputs for Malaysian buyers, while the rising dollar pressures emerging-market currencies broadly.
beta.malaymail.comJun 29, 2018Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
After 2,356 past bullish macro events, US Dollar (Broad) moved a median +0.2% over 5 sessions (60% higher; middle half -0.3% to +0.7%), and +0.4% 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.
