# Rand steady ahead of US GDP data - Moneyweb

> The rand was steady at about 13 per dollar on Friday as an early global dollar bounce faded ahead of US second-quarter GDP data. Analysts expected the rand to trade between 12.75 and 13.10 per dollar that day. The 2026 benchmark bond yield rose slightly to 8.545%.

- Date: 2017-07-28 · published 2017-07-28T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: macro · region South Africa · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/70257-rand-steady-ahead-of-us-gdp-data-moneyweb
- Commodities: [South African Rand (ZAR per USD)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/USDZAR.md)

## Why it matters

With the rand flat and the dollar awaiting US growth data, there is no immediate change to South African import costs for feed buyers. The result depends on the US data release.

## Read by commodity

- USDZAR: neutral

## Sources

- moneyweb.co.za: https://www.moneyweb.co.za/news-fast-news/rand-steady-ahead-of-us-gdp-data/

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