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The rand strengthened about 0.4% to 17.4575 per dollar after US inflation data and jobless claims firmed bets on a 25-basis-point Fed rate cut. South Africa's 2030 bond yield fell 7 basis points to 9.07%.
Fed rate-cut expectations weaken the dollar and support emerging-market currencies, lowering the local cost of dollar-priced feed imports. The effect on grain prices is indirect.
cnbcafrica.comReutersOct 11, 2024Not 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.
