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Bank Negara Malaysia's short-term dollar borrowings via currency swaps reached a record of nearly US$18 billion in March 2017. Headline reserves were US$95.42 billion at end-March.
The central bank says the positions reflect routine ringgit liquidity management.
The swap positions are a liquidity tool and do not signal a change in exchange-rate policy. They have little direct effect on feed or commodity prices.
beta.malaymail.comApr 28, 2017Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
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.
