Wednesday, 17 April 2013

Tough road ahead

Trade report 17/04/2013

The Gold and PGM (Perth Mint Gold) prices are currently too low for SA. If these prices are to be sustained, SA mines have a very tough road ahead. The current risk for the rand rests in favour of further weakness in the months ahead rather than a recovery. USD-ZAR range for the day: 9.10 – 9.2000.

For the first time in three days the rand gained, recovering from the biggest one-day drop in six months. The rand strengthened somewhat and traded at 9.1620 per dollar by 4h15 yesterday, 0.5 percent stronger than on Monday.

Policy makers in the United States and Europe often use austerity budgets that increase unemployment and curb economic strength, to avoid reaching high debt that they believe could threaten economic health. But some economists are now questioning whether such a debt threshold even exists.

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