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The rand fell about 1.8% to 17.40 per dollar on 3 February 2023 after S&P Global's South Africa PMI dropped to 48.7 in January from 50.2 in December. The reading showed the fastest pace of business contraction in a while.
A weak economic survey and a weaker rand point to softer domestic demand and higher import costs for feed inputs. The effect on global grain prices is limited.
Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
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.