PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia will not impose capital controls or peg the ringgit to the US dollar – putting to rest speculation that the country would revert to the policy measures taken in 1998 to stem the currency’s slide.
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said the economic fundamentals of the country remained sound and that the currency depreciation was largely due to the strengthening of the US dollar.
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