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The rand fell about 1.2% against the dollar to 12.61 on Tuesday as Italian political turmoil triggered a risk-off selloff in emerging-market currencies and stocks. The rand led the EM currency slide, with the rupee and peso also weaker.
Risk-off EM currency moves tighten financing conditions for South African and other emerging-market buyers of feed inputs, and a stronger dollar tends to weigh on dollar-priced commodities.
moneyweb.co.zaMfuneko Toyana, Ed Stoddard, ReutersMay 29, 2018Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
After 2,356 past bullish macro events, US Dollar (Broad) 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.
