At 9am, the ringgit rose to 4.7335/7400 against the greenback from yesterday’s close of 4.7350/7390. ― Picture by Miera ZulyanaKUALA LUMPUR, March 20 ― The ringgit opened slightly higher against the US dollar today ahead of Bank Negara Malaysia Malaysia’s Annual Report 2023 and the United States Federal Reserve decision on interest rates.
"At the current juncture, the projection for the GDP growth stands at four per cent to five per cent while for the inflation rate, it would range between 2.1 per cent and 3.6 per cent for 2024. "We shall see if there would be any changes to this parameter taking into consideration the latest data points and policy changes globally and domestically,” he told Bernama.Besides, Mohd Afzanizam said the centre of attention will also shift towards the FOMC meeting with most economists projecting the Fed Fund Rate to stay put at 5.50 per cent.
"What the markets are interested in is the timeline for the first rate cut. Last December, the Fed staff projected the FFR to be at 4.6 per cent in 2024, which translates into a possible cut of around 75 basis points from the prevailing level,” he said.It increased vis-a-vis the Japanese yen to 3.1310/1358 from 3.1420/1451 yesterday. It, however, slid against the British pound to 6.0191/0274 from 5.9992/6.0043 and eased versus the euro to 5.1425/1495 from 5.1318/1361 previously.
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