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South Africa Foreign Exchange Market (Monthly Report) - November 2017

06 November 2017

In October 2017, the rand (ZAR) rand was weaker against nearly of the major developed and emerging market currencies.

06 November 2017

Latest data for September 2017 show that conditions retain a slight tightening bias.

06 November 2017

Over the past five years, exports had declined by an average of 3.

06 November 2017

The monthly JSE All-share Index returned 4.

06 November 2017

The projected government deficit-to-GDP and debt-to-GDP ratios have all been meaningfully increased.

19 October 2017

The latest 12-month merchandise trade deficit amounted to R43 billion which was R93 billion less than the previous 12 months’ deficit.

18 October 2017

In September 2017, the rand (ZAR) rand was, in general, weaker against most of the major developed and emerging market currencies.

18 October 2017

Latest data for August 2017 show that conditions have tightened further.

18 October 2017

Measured on a year ago, six of the eight major JSE equity sectors registered positive returns.

18 October 2017

Several factors have contributed to a firming in commodity prices.

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