KUALA LUMPUR: The ringgit is expected to trade sideways next week, tracking the performance of other emerging market currencies as tensions between Washington and Beijing intensify along with recession fears.
An analyst said this, combined with the global economic slowdown, ongoing Covid-19 (coronavirus) health pandemic as well as volatile oil prices, would put the local currency under pressure.
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