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The rand was marginally weaker at 17.6725 per dollar ahead of the mid-term budget speech by Finance Minister Godongwana. Economists expected a lower 2024/25 deficit estimate, and the 2030 government bond yield fell slightly.
Budget signals on fiscal discipline shape the rand's direction, which feeds into the local cost of imported feed. The effect on feed prices is small.
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