Emerging Market Update: Diamond In The Junk

The Rand has weakened further today. This follows rapid, high-level developments over the weekend. Moody's downgraded SA to full junk status on Friday and kept its outlook negative. Furthermore, on Saturday, the SARB Governor approached the IMF to discuss borrowing. However, some analysts do not expect the ZAR weakness to continue much further because of developments in the Bond Market and the preemptive monetary policy actions already undertaken by the South African Reserve Bank.

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