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The rand strengthened to about 17.07 per dollar, up 0.5%, after the finance minister announced a lower inflation target that investors had expected. South African dollar-denominated bonds also gained.
A lower inflation target improves the policy outlook and supports the rand, which can ease local costs for imported feed ingredients. The impact on global feed prices is small.
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