# Rand hits 3-month low on soaring dollar - Moneyweb

> The rand slumped to a three-month low against the dollar on Monday, trading 1.4% weaker at 12.26 per dollar. Other emerging market currencies including the Russian rouble and Brazilian real also fell as the dollar rallied on rising US bond yields.

- Date: 2018-04-23 · published 2018-04-23T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: macro · region South Africa · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/65802-rand-hits-3-month-low-on-soaring-dollar-moneyweb
- 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 weaker rand and stronger dollar move South African and emerging-market currency flows, with limited direct effect on feed grain prices but relevant to South African import costs and FX-linked commodity sentiment.

## Read by commodity

- DXY: bullish ▲
- USDZAR: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DXY | 2022-04-28 | [Rand pressured by strong dollar - Moneyweb](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42125-rand-pressured-by-strong-dollar-moneyweb.md) | +0.1% | -0.4% |
| DXY | 2017-07-11 | [Surging dollar pushes rand to R13.60/$ - Moneyweb](https://feedsoft.ai/events/70264-surging-dollar-pushes-rand-to-r13-60-moneyweb.md) | -1.1% | -1.6% |
| DXY | 2022-06-13 | [Rand drops as dollar rises on slowdown worries - Moneyweb](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41266-rand-drops-as-dollar-rises-on-slowdown-worries-moneyweb.md) | +1.0% | +2.9% |
| DXY | 2024-06-07 | [Dollar rises to highest in a month - Moneyweb](https://feedsoft.ai/events/8476-dollar-rises-to-highest-in-a-month-moneyweb.md) | +1.4% | +0.8% |
| 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% |

## Sources

- moneyweb.co.za: https://www.moneyweb.co.za/news-fast-news/rand-hits-3-month-low-on-soaring-dollar/

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