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  "id": 620584,
  "title": "Ringgit opens higher against US dollar ahead of Q2 GDP data",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/ringgit-opens-higher-against-us-dollar-ahead-of-q2-gdp-data-620584",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-12T00:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today",
    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/business/2026/08/12/ringgit-opens-higher-against-us-dollar-ahead-of-q2-gdp-data"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "At 8am, the local currency rose to 4.0895/4.0950 against the greenback from yesterday’s close of 4.0905/4.0940.",
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        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Ringgit opens higher against US dollar ahead of Q2 GDP data",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/ringgit-opens-higher-against-us-dollar-ahead-of-q2-gdp-data",
        "published": "2026-08-12T00:30:29.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "Ringgit opens higher against US dollar ahead of 2Q GDP print",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/ringgit-opens-higher-against-us-dollar-ahead-of-2q-gdp-print",
        "published": "2026-08-12T00:36:41.000Z"
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  "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."
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