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The rand has traded near R17.33 per dollar, supported by doubts about US economic leadership and the dollar's weaker premium. US tariffs have pushed investors toward emerging-market currencies.
The Federal Reserve's 25-basis-point cut the previous week was the first since October 2024.
Tariff-driven dollar weakness supports emerging-market currencies, lowering the rand cost of dollar-priced feed imports for South African buyers. Continued Fed easing could sustain the trend.
iol.co.zaNicola MawsonSep 23, 2025Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
After 1,637 past bearish macro events, DXY moved a median -0.2% over 5 sessions (39% higher; middle half -0.6% to +0.3%), and -0.2% over 20.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.
