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The weekly Malaysian bond market report says the ringgit weakened to 4.222 per US dollar on Friday, from 4.1975 the previous Thursday, after the Fed chair signalled a hawkish stance. Bond trading volume rose about 90%, and a 15-year MGII auction drew a muted bid-to-cover ratio.
A stronger US dollar raises the cost of dollar-priced feed imports for Malaysia. The main driver is US rate expectations rather than anything specific to feed.
theborneopost.comSep 30, 2017Not 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.
