# South Africa's rand firms, focus on US stimulus plans - Markets - Business Recorder

> The South African rand firmed early to 15.0850 per dollar, 0.56% stronger, as hopes for a large US stimulus package supported emerging-market sentiment. Bipartisan talk on vaccine priority in the Biden administration's $1.9 trillion proposal also helped.

- Date: 2021-01-25 · published 2021-01-25T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region South Africa · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/49436-south-africa-s-rand-firms-focus-on-us-stimulus-plans-markets-business-recorder
- 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 firmer rand lowers the local cost of dollar-priced feed imports, and US stimulus expectations influence the dollar and global commodity demand outlook.

## Read by commodity

- DXY: bearish ▼
- USDZAR: bearish ▼

## Sources

- brecorder.com: https://www.brecorder.com/news/40055522

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