The immediate impacts of the sovereign credit rating downgrade were fairly muted—partly because the step was widely expected—as was the cabinet reshuffle by President Zuma. The rand did weaken but remained above ZAR14 to the dollar, while long bond yields weakened only moderately. However, these impacts are expected to worsen further over time.
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