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The rand lost more than 5% against the dollar during the week as Federal Reserve officials called for further rate hikes to tame decades-high inflation. Power cuts from Eskom and a surprise fall in June retail sales also weighed on the currency.
Currency weakness raises the local cost of imported feed grains and additives, while hawkish Fed signals support the dollar and can pressure dollar-denominated commodity prices.
sabcnews.comWendy MothataAug 20, 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.
