# Rand weakens against strong dollar as investors digest Fed’s hawkish stance

> 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.

- Date: 2022-08-31 · published 2022-08-31T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: macro · region South Africa · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/40327-rand-weakens-against-strong-dollar-as-investors-digest-fed-s-hawkish-stance
- Commodities: [South African Rand (ZAR per USD)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/USDZAR.md), [US Dollar (Broad)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DXY.md)

## Why it matters

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.

## Read by commodity

- DXY: bullish ▲
- USDZAR: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DXY | 2022-09-28 | [Rand weakens as dollar advances on hawkish Fed - Moneyweb](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39845-rand-weakens-as-dollar-advances-on-hawkish-fed-moneyweb.md) | -1.8% | -1.5% |
| DXY | 2024-12-19 | [Dollar strengthens as market digests Fed's hawkish cut](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27136-dollar-strengthens-as-market-digests-fed-s-hawkish-cut.md) | +0.5% | +1.4% |
| DXY | 2022-10-05 | [Dollar gains as investors see Fed stance likely unchanged; euro, sterling fall](https://feedsoft.ai/events/9335-dollar-gains-as-investors-see-fed-stance-likely-unchanged-euro-sterling-fall.md) | +1.6% | +0.9% |
| DXY | 2019-09-30 | [Rand weaker as investors seek shelter in dollar - Moneyweb](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57360-rand-weaker-as-investors-seek-shelter-in-dollar-moneyweb.md) | -0.2% | -1.4% |
| DXY | 2023-10-31 | [Rand weakens against stronger dollar; focus on mid-term budget - Moneyweb](https://feedsoft.ai/events/33915-rand-weakens-against-stronger-dollar-focus-on-mid-term-budget-moneyweb.md) | -1.4% | -2.9% |

## Sources

- iol.co.za: https://iol.co.za/business-report/markets/2022-08-31-rand-weakens-against-strong-dollar-as-investors-digest-feds-hawkish-stance/

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