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ZAR Weathers the Storm as Strong Fundamentals Add Support

SOUTH AFRICA
  • USD/ZAR pulls slightly lower at the open on the back of some early USD selling.
  • ZAR traded choppily around US CPI yesterday, weathering the storm better than its EM peers TRY & RUB given wide real yields and supportive fundamentals.
  • Murmurings surrounding third wave risks are getting louder, but case levels have yet to reach alarming levels.
  • Whether we see an apology today or tomorrow from suspended ANC SG Magashule will be a key gauge of whether he wishes to stay within the ANC or splinter to form the RET.
  • US PPI will be the primary price action driver today with US equity indices displaying just how concerned markets are about inflation.
  • SA 1Y basis swaps now 3bp short of all-time highs, trading at 115.
  • Commodities slightly firmer: gold +0.33%, platinum +0.58%.
  • Intraday Sup1: 14.0768, Sup2: 13.9844, Res1: 14.1536, Res2: 14.1879


MNI London Bureau | +44 020-3983-7894 | murray.nichol@marketnews.com
MNI London Bureau | +44 020-3983-7894 | murray.nichol@marketnews.com

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