{"id":32604,"date":"2026-04-21T10:37:37","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T08:37:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=32604"},"modified":"2026-04-21T10:37:37","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T08:37:37","slug":"rand-flat-as-traders-eye-business-confidence-index-central-bank-policy-report","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/rand-flat-as-traders-eye-business-confidence-index-central-bank-policy-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Rand flat as traders eye business confidence index, Central bank policy report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"x_p1\">The South African (SA) Rand was flat in early trade on Tuesday as investors tracked geopolitical developments and awaited the release of a \u200cdomestic business confidence survey and a Central bank monetary policy review later in the day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_p1\">The Rand traded at 16.37 against the Dollar, a whisker away from Monday&#8217;s close.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_p1\">The SA Chamber of Commerce and Industry will release its March business confidence index which will offer clues on private sector sentiment towards Africa&#8217;s most industrialised economy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_p1\">The Central bank will publish its Monetary Policy Review, which could shed light on its rate-setting trajectory this year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_p1\">Like other risk-sensitive currencies, the rand \u200coften\u00a0\u2060takes cues from global drivers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_p1\">The local currency has been at the mercy of global market sentiment since the start of the United States and Israeli war on Iran at the end of February.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_p1\">SA\u2019s benchmark 2035 government bond was weaker in early deals, as the yield rose 2.5 basis points to 8.37%.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_p1\">&#8211;Reuters&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":14374,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[44],"class_list":["post-32604","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-finance","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":"","news_description":"","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":"Rand was flat in early trade on Tuesday"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/32604","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\/32604\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32605,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/32604\/revisions\/32605"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=32604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}