SA growth catching up despite risks and rocky start
19 January 2025 - 00:00
The year is off to a rocky start for financial markets, with the rand-dollar exchange rate slumping by more than R1.00/$ since the middle of December (from R17.86/$ to above R19.10/$ by January 10) while long-term interest rates (the yield on 10-year government bonds) spiked by about 0.5% (from 10.18% to 10.6%)...
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