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The rand strengthened to its best level in seven months, reaching levels last seen in November 2024, after Trump said he had candidates to succeed Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. The dollar came under pressure as markets priced in faster US rate cuts.
A weaker dollar and expectations of lower US rates support emerging-market currencies, lowering import costs for South African feed buyers and supporting commodity prices quoted in dollars.
news24.comJun 26, 2025Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
After 1,637 past bearish macro events, US Dollar (Broad) 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.
