Ringgit unchanged vs greenback after OPR, unemployment data


KUALA LUMPUR: The ringgit remained unchanged against the US dollar at Friday’s opening after Bank Negara Malaysia’s (BNM) move to maintain the overnight policy rate at 1.75 per cent, as well as the Statistics Department’s report on the unemployment rate, which remained at 4.8 per cent in July 2021.

At 9.05 am, the local note stood at 4.1470/1490 against the greenback from 4.1470/1500 recorded at yesterday’s closing.

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