Tuesday 9 April 2013

Rand at five week low


Trade report 09/04/2013 

On Friday Nersa published their reasoning behind only granting Eskom an 8% tariff increase, drastically reducing Eskom’s return on investment, revising the utility’s depreciation allowance and cutting its operating budget. maintain that it will not be able to stay sustainable and cash-positive with only an 8% tariff increase and that the company will approach government for a discussion on its mandate.

The central bank’s yearly stress tests of 18 key American banks showed the banking industry had grown much healthier since the start of the financial crisis in 2009, said Federal Reserve chairman, Ben S. Bernanke on Monday night.

Yesterday, the rand reached its strongest level in 5 weeks as it broke below the 9.0000 handle. This has opened the door to possibly test levels as low as 8.8000 later this week. The USD-ZAR is expected to trade between 8.90– 9.0500 today.

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