Trade report 01/05/2013
The ZAR’s strengthening momentum has disappeared as it lost
some ground against the USD despite a narrower than expected trade deficit. The
reason for the ZAR losing ground is most probably related to commodities being
on the defensive as the gold and platinum prices retreated.
The R7.8bn deficit for March 2013 was due to a 2.9% increase
in exports from February and a 0.3% decrease in imports. The annual trade
deficit for 2012 was R117.675bn compared with R16.885bn in 2011.
On Wednesday the US Federal Reserve (Fed) said that it would
continue with its economic stimulus campaign, putting to bed rumours that the
Fed was planning to do less. Efforts to spur growth and reduce unemployment are
a Federal Reserve priority and for the first time the Fed explicitly mentioned
the possibility of doing more in a policy statement.
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