remybfg10k
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20.74 - GBP to ZAR
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20.74 - GBP to ZAR
So it's improving from this morning - was 21.35 at one stage.
Thank goodness for that. I've got another GBP1000 to buy this weekend. Thankfully it's with a friend and no commissions or whatever involved.
I didn't even see the 21.35
I wonder when the big US corporates who earn the bulk of their cash off shore are going to say enough is enough and start influencing the US government to relax the talk of a US rate hike?
On the plus side from a personal point of view, the oil price is tanking at an even faster pace than the rand, so no immediate expenditure worries.
The low price might be the only thing that keeps SA's interest rate from rising. I hope that they raise it, it would help me personally. However, with SA's loves for credit, and people now being used to low rates, going back to the rates from the 80's would destroy many people's lives.
50% Zuma, 50% emerging market problems
Via Financial Mail: http://www.financialmail.co.za/cove...esident-the-economy-is-not-on-the-right-track
What happens when the reserve bank decides to intervene? Like what is the purpose of it etc.
(Serious question #NoTroll)
What happens when the reserve bank decides to intervene? Like what is the purpose of it etc.
(Serious question #NoTroll)
I don't think they have the ability to influence it by much, the external influences are too strong.
Not much they can do. The markets rely a lot on sentiment and the announcement was good for a bit of that.
Apparently they do. Hence my question
http://citizen.co.za/652835/sa-reserve-bank-may-intervene-if-rand-fall-threatens-stability/
Their mandate is price stability i.e. keeping inflation under control. Not much they can do about the rand but they should have been increasing interest rates a long time ago.Apparently they do. Hence my question
http://citizen.co.za/652835/sa-reserve-bank-may-intervene-if-rand-fall-threatens-stability/
Their mandate is price stability i.e. keeping inflation under control. Not much they can do about the rand but they should have been increasing interest rates a long time ago.
I want a return on my investment. Bugger the people who can't go through life without a bunch of credit. Should better manage their money.To completely kill the measly 1% growth? Heads it's ****, tails it's ****.
I suppose they could use some of their foreign currency reserves to buy Rands and shore up prices but that would have about the same effect as a gnat farting in a hurricane.