{
  "id": 2122002,
  "title": "Ringgit extends gains against dollar amid US debt concerns",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/ringgit-extends-gains-against-dollar-amid-us-debt-concerns-2122002",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-20T10:36:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today",
    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/business/2026/08/20/ringgit-extends-gains-against-dollar-amid-us-debt-concerns"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "At 6pm, the ringgit strengthened 140 percentage-in-points (pips) to 4.0425/4.0470 against the US dollar from Wednesday’s close of 4.0565/4.0610.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}