Post-Trump: Where does the ringgit go from here?


DONALD Trump’s shock upset in last week’s US presidential elections have triggered a massive move in the global currency markets over the past few days.

Economists and market observers have broadly interpreted his past presidential pledges as a harbinger of higher inflation in the US.

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