# South African rand tracks subdued market peers ahead of Fed interest rate decision | MarketScreener Australia

> The rand was subdued in early trade at 16.71 per dollar, tracking other emerging-market currencies while investors awaited the US Federal Reserve decision and comments from Chair Kevin Warsh. South Africa's M3 money supply growth slowed to 9.31% in June, and private-sector credit growth eased.

- Date: 2026-07-29 · published 2026-07-29T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: macro · region South Africa · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/18639-south-african-rand-tracks-subdued-market-peers-ahead-of-fed-interest-rate
- Commodities: [South African Rand (ZAR per USD)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/USDZAR.md), [US Dollar (Broad)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DXY.md)

## Why it matters

The rand's direction depends mainly on the Fed outcome and dollar moves, which set the cost of dollar-priced feed imports for South African buyers. The impact on global feed prices is small.

## Read by commodity

- DXY: neutral
- USDZAR: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DXY | 2024-04-29 | [Market trades with caution ahead of US Fed rate decision this week](https://feedsoft.ai/events/31036-market-trades-with-caution-ahead-of-us-fed-rate-decision-this-week.md) | -0.7% | -1.1% |
| DXY | 2024-01-31 | [EMERGING MARKETS-Latin American stocks, FX hold gains after Fed policy decision; Colombia peso up after rate cut](https://feedsoft.ai/events/32405-emerging-markets-latin-american-stocks-fx-hold-gains-after-fed-policy-decision.md) | +0.3% | +0.4% |
| DXY | 2025-03-27 | [South African rand wobbles as markets await Trump's tariffs](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25851-south-african-rand-wobbles-as-markets-await-trump-s-tariffs.md) | +0.1% | -2.5% |
| DXY | 2021-09-09 | [Euro inches higher ahead of ECB decision on bond buying - Markets - Business Recorder](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45271-euro-inches-higher-ahead-of-ecb-decision-on-bond-buying-markets-business.md) | -0.2% | +1.3% |
| DXY | 2017-10-30 | [Trading The FOMC Interest Rate Decision, November 1, 2017 \| Investing.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68660-trading-the-fomc-interest-rate-decision-november-1-2017-investing-com.md) | -0.2% | -1.6% |

## Sources

- au.marketscreener.com: https://au.marketscreener.com/news/south-african-rand-tracks-subdued-market-peers-ahead-of-fed-interest-rate-decision-ce7f51d2df89ff22

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