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The rand weakened against the dollar as investors digested the Federal Reserve's hawkish stance after Fed Chair Jerome Powell said at Jackson Hole that rates would rise and stay high. The dollar had hit a 20-year high earlier in the week, and markets priced in large rate hikes by both the Fed and the ECB.
A stronger dollar and higher US rates pressure emerging-market currencies and raise import costs for South African buyers of feed inputs, while the dollar's strength weighs on dollar-denominated grain prices.
iol.co.zaBR ReporterAug 31, 2022Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
After 2,356 past bullish macro events, DXY 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.
