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JSE closes weaker after dormant session
May 29, 2018--The JSE closed softer on Monday, following a rather dormant trading session as it struggled to find a catalyst for direction due to the closure of US and UK markets for a public holiday.
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Source: FIN24
Rand feels pain as Italy crisis pounds euro
May 29, 2018--The rand slumped almost 2% on Tuesday, tracking a bruised euro, which extended losses as political uncertainty in Italy stoked fresh fears about the eurozone.
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Source: FIN24
Rand up slightly in early trade as US breaks for Memorial Day
May 28, 2018--The rand gained 0.4% in early trade, in the wake of ratings agency S&P choosing to keep SA's sovereign credit rating unchanged on Friday night.
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Source: FIN24
5 reasons why SA is still junk status, according to S&P
May 26, 2018--Global ratings agencies S&P acknowledges the reforms being undertaken by President Cyril Ramaphosa's administration but flagged "considerable" challenges to improving the country's financial position.
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Source: FIN24
RAND ANALYSIS: What next for unit as it hits worst level of 2018?
May 25, 2018--Volatility is nothing new to the rand but considering the calm there has been since the start of 2018, this has been quite a thump back to reality for some, says James Paynter.
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Source: FIN24
Cryptos are tokens, not currency, says SARB
May 25, 2018--The South African Reserve Bank chooses to call digital currencies such as Bitcoin "cyber-tokens" because they don't meet the requirements to be classified as money.
"We don't use the term 'cryptocurrency' because it doesn't meet the requirements of money in the economic sense of the stable means of exchange, a unit of measure and a stable unit of value," Reserve Bank Deputy Governor Francois Groepe told reporters in Pretoria on Thursday. "We prefer to use the word "cyber-token'."
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JSE down amid global jitters on Trump's China trade remarks
May 23, 2018--The JSE closed weaker on Wednesday, as it followed the trend in global equities which pulled back after President Donald Trump's comments on China trade talks.
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Source: FIN24
Nigeria's GDP Per Head To fall For 8 Straight Years-IMF
May 24, 2018--Nigerians will see their real income per head fall every year until at least 2023, according to forecasts by the IMF, a potentially painful squeeze for a country with per capita gross domestic product of just $1,994.
If realised, Africa's most-populous country-projected to have almost 400m people by 2050, behind only India and China-will suffer at least eight straight years of declining income per capita.
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Source: proshareng.com
Rand runs as Turkey props up lira with massive emergency rate hike
May 23, 2018--The rand is expected to continue the claw-back of gains made following an improvement in risk sentiment late last week.
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Source: FIN24