KUALA LUMPUR: Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) said the exchange rate between the Malaysian ringgit (MYR) and United States dollar (USD) issued by Google yesterday was inaccurate.
The central bank said the 6.24 exchange rate againts the greenback as published by the search engine was misreporting on Google's part.
"Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) wishes to address the inaccurate ringgit exchange rate data, including the USD/MYR rate, published by Google on Feb 5, 2024.
"For USD/MYR, the exchange rate was misreported on Google as 6.24.
"However, the high and low trading range for USD/MYR recorded in the onshore interbank market for the ringgit was between 4.7480 and 4.7630 on Feb 5, as published on the BNM website," it said in a brief statement.
It advised the public to exercise caution when using unverifiable sources as a reference for the ringgit.
