The great rand coin toss

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Rand bulls are preening after the recent rally against a weakening dollar. But can it last? The bulls provide credible grounds for expecting the currency to remain stable to firm this year; the bears are more squeamish, writes ClaireBisseker.

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For most of last year, the consensus expectation was that rising inflation in the US would be transitory, keeping Federal Reserve rate hikes muted. So the Fed’s recent hawkish pivot has led to a dramatic shift in market sentiment, raising fears that emerging-market currencies could be in for a turbulent year.

SA, as a small commodity-producing emerging market with a history of large current account deficits, and facing rising inflation, waning growth and high levels of public debt, would typically be considered highly vulnerable to US monetary policy tightening. The rand would be a one-way bet...

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