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FED TAPERING

Bonds mixed as traders await rate decision

Investors on Wednesday morning awaited Reserve Bank governor Gill Marcus’s announcement on the repo rate.

  • I Net Bridge
1 min read
ASIA

Gold swings near three-week high as Asian demand seen increasing

The gold price hovered near a three-week high as investors weighed up Asian demand against overall slowing investment.

  • Phoebe Sedgman
2 min read
These key indicators have been buoyed by a trade surplus and commodities boom, but will this lead to economic growth?
CENTRAL BANK

South Africa sells $2-billion of government bonds

South Africa has sold $2-billion of 12-year bonds in overseas debt markets after boosting the size of the offering.

  • Jaco Visser
2 min read