Ringgit, emerging currencies poised to gain as greenback weakens amid US shutdown


KUALA LUMPUR: Emerging market currencies, including the ringgit, are expected to benefit from a possible further weakening of the greenback amid economic uncertainty stemming from the US government shutdown.

Credit Guarantee and Investment Facility principal investment specialist Khoo Jo Ee said the shutdown could delay the release of key US economic data, fuelling uncertainty and shaping expectations of further interest rate cuts by the US Federal Reserve (Fed).

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