Market Indicators
USD/ZAR 16.39 🔽
EUR/ZAR 18.40 🔽
AUD/ZAR 11.48 🔽
GBP/ZAR 21.92 🔼
Brent Crude USD 108.82 / ZAR 1,784 🔼
Gold (Au) USD 4,150 / ZAR 68,021 🔼
BTC USD 81,089 / ZAR 1,329,105 🔽
COFFEE USD 3.17 / ZAR 51.90 / LBS 🔼
Godongwana brought GUARDRAILS. The mini-budget says debt has STABILISED at 78.4% of GDP, the deficit is narrowing faster than February’s plan and a new fiscal rulebook is on the way. The sting: growth CUT to 1.2% from 1.6%, and Treasury itself warns the commodity windfall padding revenue will FADE. Temporary fuel levy relief buys MZANSI a breather while Brent sits near USD109 on fresh Hormuz tanker and Saudi facility attacks. The ZAR liked what it heard, firming to 16.39, and gold edged higher. Credible numbers beat loud headlines. Keep the plan BORING.
696 car TRAIN
FUNNY signs GETS elected
SPACE junk in the CORNFIELD
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AI unfettered
PARROT picks a FIGHT.
INTEREST: The EIFFEL Tower can grow up to about 15 cm TALLER in summer as its iron expands in the heat. PARIS is doing its own expanding under the HEAT of social unrest.
"DISCIPLINE is the bridge between GOALS and accomplishment." Jim Rohn
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