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            <title><![CDATA[Stun Grenades Just a Hiccup for Rand That's Seen Darker Days]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-02-16/stun-grenades-hardly-a-hiccup-for-rand-that-s-seen-darker-days</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Xola Potelwa]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2017 09:15:21 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Investors Complacent on South Africa Risks, Nedbank Warns: Chart]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[South African local-currency yields are at their lowest level relative to U.S. Treasuries since December 2015, when President Jacob Zuma fired then-Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene, sending the currency and bonds into a tailspin as traders fretted about fiscal policy. The narrowing spread suggests political risks have diminished -- but investors may be getting too complacent, according Nedbank Group Ltd. Pitfalls may lie ahead as the battle to succeed Zuma as leader of the ruling African National]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2017 04:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[South Africa’s Central Bank Keeps Benchmark Rate Unchanged]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2017 13:45:30 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Lesetja Kganyago, governor of the South African Reserve Bank, right, arrives for a news conference to announce interest rates in Pretoria, South Africa, on Thursday, Nov. 24, 2016. South Africa&apos;s Reserve Bank left borrowing costs unchanged for a fourth consecutive meeting as it projects the inflation rate will fall back to within its target and the economy is set to expand at the slowest pace since a recession six years ago. Photographer: Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Emerging Markets Trim Weekly Gains After Strong U.S. Jobs Data]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2017 11:06:20 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Emerging Market Rally on Fed Relief, Lira Slumps to All-Time Low]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Dana El Baltaji]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2017 08:32:14 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Deutsche Bank Defies Rand Bears as South Africa Turns Corner]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-12-09/deutsche-bank-opposes-rand-bears-as-south-africa-turns-corner</link>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2016 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[S. Africa’s Escape From Junk Seen Short-Lived Without GDP Pickup]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-12-04/south-african-economic-recovery-key-to-ward-off-junk-rating-risk</link>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 04 Dec 2016 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Emerging-Market Equities Post Biggest Drop in Three Weeks]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Lilian Karunungan]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2016 03:55:04 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[South African Central Bank Keeps Benchmark Repurchase Rate at 7%]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2016 13:33:21 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Rand Forecasts Haven’t Been This Scattered Since at Least 2006]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2016 12:06:10 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Rand Leads Currency Gains as South Africa Delays Nuclear Program]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2016 10:30:46 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[South African Rand Slumps for Fourth Day as Bonds Extend Selloff]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2016 09:26:46 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Rand Set for Biggest Weekly Slump Since August as Bonds Dumped]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-11-11/rand-leads-emerging-market-slump-as-trump-may-spur-outflows</link>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2016 08:35:22 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Rand Falls Most in Five Years as Trump Bond Selloff Worsens]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-11-10/south-african-rand-set-for-biggest-drop-in-a-month-versus-dollar</link>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2016 11:51:40 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Rand Takes Over Mantle of World’s Most Political Currency]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-11-08/rand-takes-over-the-mantle-of-world-s-most-political-currency</link>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2016 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>The sun shines through rand currency banknotes in this arranged photograph in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2015. More than four years of currency declines -- to a fresh low this week -- aren&apos;t enough to offset electricity shortages, strikes and slowing demand from Asia and Europe that are pushing the economy to the brink of recession. Photographer: Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Rand Surges as Fraud Charges Against Pravin Gordhan Are Dropped]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-10-31/rand-gains-as-business-day-reports-gordhan-charges-dropped</link>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2016 09:32:07 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Expensive Lessons for Rand Traders as Gordhan-Zuma Battle Rages]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2016 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Rand Plunge Makes South Africa a Buy for StanChart, SocGen]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2016 11:39:34 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Rand Gains as Prosecutor Says Open to Review of Gordhan Charges]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2016 14:46:16 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Rand Heads for Six-Week Low as Gordhan Summons Puts Job at Risk]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2016 07:58:30 GMT</pubDate>
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