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Malaysia scraps ringgit's peg to dollar, moves to a managed float

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KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has scrapped the ringgit currency’s seven-year-old peg to the dollar and will move to a managed float, pegged to a basket of currencies, with immediate effect, said Bank Negara governor Datuk Zeti Aziz.  

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