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The South African rand fell about 0.7% against the dollar to 17.675 on July 26, after earlier dropping almost 1%. Traders were pricing a 25-basis-point Fed hike that day and were split on whether a second hike would follow later in the year.
A hawkish Fed could lift the dollar and pressure emerging-market currencies such as the rand, which raises the cost of dollar-priced feed imports for South African buyers.
reuters.comJul 26, 2023Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
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