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Rand clings to gains despite ongoing load shedding
March 22, 2019--"While Eskom continues with rolling blackouts that will see the rally in the rand under pressure, their intensity has been reduced," says Peregrine Treasury Solutions's Bianca Botes.
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Source: FIN24
Markets WRAP: Rand closes at R14.46/$
March 22, 2019--The rand ended the day at R14.46/$, as uncertainty in the markets impacted emerging market currencies.
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Source: FIN24
Rand makes gains on Fed's dovish comments
March 21, 2019--The rand gained 1.9% against the US dollar on Wednesday, following the US Federal Reserve Bank's announcement to keep rates on hold.
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Source: FIN24
Palladium tops $1 600 as metal sets new highs on supply shortage
March 20, 2019--The price of the metal-mainly used in autocatalysts in gasoline vehicles-has almost doubled from a recent low in August.
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Source: FIN24
Markets WRAP: Rand closes at R14.38/$
March 20, 2019--The rand closed at R14.38 on Wednesday.
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Source: FIN24
Markets tread cautiously ahead of US Fed rate decision
March 20, 2019--The JSE retreated on Wednesday as it tracked other global markets lower ahead of the US Fed's rate decision.
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Source: FIN24
SARB-Full Quarterly Bulletin-No 291-March 2019
March 20, 2019--The synchronised global economic growth momentum experienced since the fourth quarter of 2016 faded in the second half of 2018. Although real global output growth recovered somewhat to 2.9% in the fourth quarter of the year, this still represented the second-lowest quarterly growth rate in the past two years.
The moderate acceleration in the fourth quarter of 2018 resulted mainly from improved output growth in India and Japan, while growth slowed further in the United States (US) and China along with a contraction in world trade volumes.
The international prices of most commodities declined in the fourth quarter of 2018. In particular, the price of Brent crude oil decreased sharply from around US$86 per barrel at the start of October 2018 to below US$50 at the end of December. This contributed to lower inflation rates in advanced economies and emerging markets. However, oil prices have since recovered to around US$65 per barrel, which should exert some upward pressure on inflation.
In South Africa, real economic growth slowed from a revised 2.6% in the third quarter of 2018 to 1.4% in the fourth quarter. The real gross value added (GVA) by the primary sector contracted for a fourth successive quarter, while output growth slowed in the secondary and tertiary sectors. For 2018 as a whole, growth in real gross domestic product (GDP) moderated to 0.8% from an upwardly revised 1.4% in 2017. South Africa's GDP per capita has decreased since 2015, consistent with the current downward phase of the business cycle.
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Source: South African Reserve Bank (SARB)
Nigeria: Bitcoin Surges Past $4,000 As Nigerians Trade N1.27bn
March 19, 2019--With the overall cryptocurrency market capitalisation growing by $5 billion, the price of Bitcoin broke the $4,000 benchmark at the weekend and was able to sustain it, as the volume held in naira rose to N1.269 billion.
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Source: allafrica.com
Gains across JSE miners lift local bourse
March 19, 2019--The JSE has inched higher mainly on the back of gains recorded amongst JSE listed miners.
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Source: FIN24
Markets WRAP: Rand closes at R14.41/$
March 18, 2019--TreasuryONE said earlier that the rand was holding on to its Friday gains but the continued load shedding might put a brake on any further strength.
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Source: FIN24
