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The South African rand fell to its lowest level since May 2020, trading at 18.60 per dollar, after hawkish comments from Fed Chair Powell and a larger-than-expected Q4 GDP contraction. Powell signalled US rates could rise faster and higher than expected, pushing the dollar to multi-month highs.
A weaker rand raises the local cost of imported feed ingredients, and a dollar rally tends to pressure dollar-denominated grain and meal prices.
cnbcafrica.comReutersMar 8, 2023Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
After 2,356 past bullish macro events, US Dollar (Broad) moved a median +0.2% over 5 sessions (60% higher; middle half -0.3% to +0.7%), and +0.4% 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.
