{"id":20302,"date":"2025-12-02T07:25:49","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T05:25:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jhb-webdevelopers\/channelafrica\/news\/rand-flat-ahead-of-gdp-data-as-analysts-forecast-softer-growth\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T16:31:38","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:31:38","slug":"rand-flat-ahead-of-gdp-data-as-analysts-forecast-softer-growth","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/rand-flat-ahead-of-gdp-data-as-analysts-forecast-softer-growth\/","title":{"rendered":"Rand flat ahead of GDP data as analysts forecast softer growth"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>The South African (SA) Rand traded flat early on Tuesday ahead of the release of the third-quarter Gross Domestic Product (GDP) data, which is expected to show softer economic growth.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The Rand traded at 17.0950 against the Dollar , a whisker away from Monday&#8217;s close.<\/div>\n<div>Statistics S will publish the GDP data.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Economists polled by\u00a0<i>Reuters\u00a0<\/i>have forecast a 0.5% quarter-on-quarter GDP growth, below September quarter&#8217;s better-than expected 0.8% rise.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Nedbank economists projected a modest 0.4% expansion, saying that the loss in momentum have spread across most sectors tracked by the statistics agency except for finance and transport industries.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8220;Despite ongoing structural reforms, operating conditions remain challenging, and production costs are still high,&#8221; they said in a note.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Higher United States tariff barriers will weigh on output, particularly given SA&#8217;s elevated cost structures, underlying inefficiencies and significant infrastructure constraints, the note added.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>SA&#8217;s benchmark 2035 government bond was marginally stronger in early deals as the yield fell 1.5 basis points to 8.49%.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8211;Reuters&#8211;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":13745,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[44],"class_list":["post-20302","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-finance","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":null,"news_description":"SA Rand traded flat early on Tuesday","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/20302","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/20302\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24388,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/20302\/revisions\/24388"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=20302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}