# South African Rand Slightly Recovers As Market Awaits Fed Insights - Finimize

> The rand recovered slightly on July 30, trading 0.3% stronger at 18.38 per dollar, while investors awaited the Fed decision and South Africa's June budget balance. The JSE Top-40 dipped 0.1% and the 2030 bond yield fell to 9.49%.

- Date: 2024-07-30 · published 2024-07-30T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region South Africa · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/29579-south-african-rand-slightly-recovers-as-market-awaits-fed-insights-finimize
- Commodities: [South African Rand (ZAR per USD)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/USDZAR.md)

## Why it matters

A small rand recovery ahead of key US and local data lowers the rand cost of dollar-priced imports, though the move is too small to shift feed-ingredient prices.

## Read by commodity

- USDZAR: bearish ▼

## Sources

- finimize.com: https://finimize.com/content/south-african-rand-slightly-recovers-as-market-awaits-fed-insights

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