{"id":43694,"date":"2026-08-25T10:09:51","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T08:09:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=43694"},"modified":"2026-08-25T10:09:51","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T08:09:51","slug":"rand-flat-ahead-of-leading-indicator-data","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/rand-flat-ahead-of-leading-indicator-data\/","title":{"rendered":"Rand flat ahead of leading indicator data"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>The South African (SA) Rand was steady in early trade on Tuesday, ahead of Central bank \u200bdata which is expected to offer fresh clues \u200con the outlook for Africa&#8217;s most industrialised economy.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The Rand traded at 16.0225 against the Dollar, little \u200bchanged from its previous close.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The SA Reserve \u200bBank is due to publish the country&#8217;s leading \u2060business cycle indicator for June, which includes data \u200bon vehicle sales, business confidence, money supply and other \u200bfactors.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The Dollar index drifted higher to 99 against a basket of currencies as investors assessed Washington&#8217;s expanded Iran, related \u200bsanctions, while oil prices recovered ground after settling down \u200bmore than 2% in the previous session.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>United States Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent \u200con \u2060Monday unveiled an expansion of sanctions against Iran and warned countries to cut business ties with Iran or risk being forced out of the\u00a0<span class=\"x_spanWithBackgroundColor\">dollar<\/span>-based financial system.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Like \u200bother risk-sensitive \u200bcurrencies, the \u2060rand has been driven by global market sentiment, particularly since the start of the \u200bU.S.-Iran war on February 28.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Later in the \u200bweek, \u2060domestic investors&#8217; focus will turn to July producer inflation data and budget balance figures, for further insight into \u2060the \u200bcountry&#8217;s economic conditions.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>SA&#8217;s benchmark \u200b2035 government bond was steady in early deals, with the yield at \u200b8.535%.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8211;Reuters&#8211;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":14374,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[44],"class_list":["post-43694","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-finance","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":"","news_description":"SA Rand was steady in early trade on Tuesday","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/43694","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":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/43694\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43702,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/43694\/revisions\/43702"}],"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=43694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=43694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}