Ringgit hits 4.33 to US dollar


Currency at new low on possibility of Fed rate hike this month, slowing China growth

PETALING JAYA: The ringgit tumbled to a new 17-year low, as the increasing likelihood of the US Federal Reserve raising interest rates this month and slowing growth in China triggered a renewed selloff in emerging-market economies.

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