The rand had another uneventful day yesterday, despite all the noise going on in the US
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The selloff in the ZAR over the last five trading days originated near its best level for multiple months/weeks against the USD, EUR, GBP, AUD and CNH (FX pairs we cover), but also near range boundaries and moving averages, which were tough hurdles to break on a consistent basis
Continue readingDaily Dose: 1 August 2025
A 31% tariff imposed by the U.S. on South African goods in April 2025 triggered sharp increases in shipping costs: Asia–SA container rates rose approximately 30% for 20′ and 45% for 40′ containers between April and June
Continue readingDaily Dose: 1 July 2025
The rand took a long weekend, moving very little and opening almost exactly where we did yesterday, this morning
Continue readingDaily Dose: 2 June 2025
Although the ZAR posted monthly gains against majors, AUD and CNH for the month of May, we note that the weekly and daily moves are showing some cracks as discussed below
Continue readingDaily Dose: 2 May 2025
U.S.-China Trade War: The imposition of a 145% tariff on Chinese imports by the U.S. has led to a sharp decline in container shipments
Continue readingDaily Dose: 1 April 2025
A jittery GNU is causing all sorts of problems for the rand, with the world waiting for some sort of agreement to be struck
Continue readingDaily Dose: 3 March 2025
The talk of the weekend wasn’t so much the Trump/Zelensky et-al saga, which is still on-going, but the almost comical movement in crypto after a somewhat “fortuitous” tweet by a certain president and his desire to add named coins to Fed’s reserves
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Rand – Large reaction to all things Trump overnight with the Rand having a gap open higher on the Wellington open last night
Continue readingDaily Dose: 6 January 2025
A tough holiday period for the rand! As soon as the dose took a break (December 20th), the rand went into a slide that was difficult to explain.
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