Your task is to predict the verdict of a claim based on the provided question-answer pair evidence. The possible labels are: 'Supported', 'Refuted', 'Not Enough Evidence', 'Conflicting Evidence/Cherrypicking'. Justify your answer using the provided evidence and select the correct label.

Claim: “In 2017, South Africa recorded an inflow of foreign direct investment amounting to R17 billion.”

Q1: What is foreign direct investment?
A1: Foreign direct investments are made by companies or individuals from one country into businesses in another country.

Q2: How much foreign money was invested in south African for 2017?
A2: Data from the UN Conference on Trade and Development shows that US$1.325 billion of foreign money was invested in South Africa in 2017. This is about R17.3 billion at the 30 June 2017 exchange rate.

It’s a however a decrease from US$2.235 billion - or R29.2 billion - in 2016.
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justification: The source of the Q&A, verifies this statistic.

verdict: 'Supported'
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