The Rand is full of surprises!
After drifting sideways for the better part of 2 weeks, the market finally moved out of its established ranges as the rand surprised many in the market and broke below the R14.20 level last week. <
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After drifting sideways for the better part of 2 weeks, the market finally moved out of its established ranges as the rand surprised many in the market and broke below the R14.20 level last week. <
The rand resilience is surprising as a stronger dollar usually leads to a weaker rand. In the past few weeks, it has completely ignored the US dollar
As we head into Year 2 of the pandemic, we can say, without any shadow of a doubt, that the COVID- pandemic has affected everybody.
The tumultuous economy that is Turkey had its biggest currency devaluation day in 20 years as President Erdogan sacked his Central Bank Chief.
So, US CPI and what happens to it in the future will be a crucial focus.
The flight to US Treasury Yields had a knock-on effect, and we have seen riskier assets like EM currencies feeling some of the pain.
The Rand is used a lot as a proxy hedge for other emerging markets, and thus we tend to see the Rand overreact sometimes.
One of the areas of concern is how big the expected budget deficit will be in light of the COVID pandemic and how the deficit will be funded in the future.
With talks of the stimulus package doing the rounds, EM’s are charging ahead as a definite yield play would come into effect once the package’s size is announced.
There are two factors at the moment at play with the US dollar. The first is whether the US will pass the $ 1.9 trillion stimulus package (or some form of it). The supposed effect that it will have