19 March 2020 South African Rand Forecast to Remain Under Pressure Following SARB Rate Cut

The Rand was on the back foot again Thursday ahead of a South African Reserve Bank (SARB) interest rate decision that's expected to see the cash rate cut by a large 50 basis points, and some analys…

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18 March 2020 South African Rand Eyes New Record Low as Emerging Market Exodus Continues 

The Rand suffered heavy losses Wednesday and already hit a new record low against the Dollar, according to some data vendors, as the exodus of capital from emerging market economies continued altho…

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10 March 2020 South African Rand Loiters Near Multi-year Lows and Risks More Losses

The Rand steadied near to multi-year lows against the Pound and Dollar Tuesday as hopes of a global fiscal stimulus appeared to mount, but increased government spending in the world’s major economi…

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06 March 2020 South African Rand Crumbles as Coronavirus Concerns Dominate Ahead of Weekend

The Rand crumbled again Friday, enabling the Pound-to-Rand rate to hit a new post-referendum high after establishing itself comfortably above the 20.0 handle, as risk markets went into meltdown mod…

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05 March 2020 South African Rand: SARB to Cut Interest Rates Twice say Standard Bank

One of the world's worst performing currency of the past month has been the South African Rand, and a potential series of interest rate cuts at the South African Reserve Bank could ensure that down…

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04 March 2020 South African Rand Recovers with Sentiment but Forecasts at Risk after Growth Disappointment

South Africa's Rand rose across the board Wednesday, helping reverse almost all of last week's increase in the Pound-to-Rand rate while weakness in the British currency also weighed on the exchange…

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28 February 2020 The South African Rand: Troubled as Moody's Remarks On Budget and Coronavirus Threat Grows

The Rand fell to its lowest level against the Pound since the Brexit referendum on Friday and hit multi-year lows against the Dollar on a toxic combination of coronavirus and credit rating concerns…

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26 February 2020 The South African Rand: Mboweni's Budget Warmly Received by Market, but Risks Remain

South Africa's Rand swept higher on Wednesday after reversing earlier losses in response to Finance Minister Tito Mboweni's eagerly-awaited budget, which appears to have been warmly received invest…

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25 February 2020 The South African Rand May Glimpse “Other Side of the Junk Divide” This Week

The Rand is the emerging world’s worst performing currency of 2020 but the going could get tougher in the week ahead if South Africa’s 2020 budget is poorly received by the market on Wednesday.&nbs…

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