Temporary fuel tax cuts blunt impact of crude spike
The main pressure on petrol prices is coming from global crude markets and freight costs rather than taxes alone.
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The rand is at ‘a major inflection point’
Initial post-election gains have unwound as global commodity and manufacturing momentum converged with the world rand.
Can the SARB anchor inflation at 3% without hiking rates?
SARB economist Thuli Radebe explains how targeting lower inflation could ease borrowing costs and support growth – challenging fears that a 3% goal means more interest rate hikes.
US dollar: what crisis?
From a peak 13% overvaluation versus major peers heading into January, the US dollar has plunged 7% on a trade-weighted basis in three months – a pace more than twice as fast as during Trump’s first term.
SA-born trader gets probation and $1m fine for manipulating exchange rate
The sentence was influenced by the judge’s view that Morgan Stanley was familiar with the risks of the unregulated foreign exchange spot market.
