Johannesburg — SA’s volatile currency caught Citigroup in a wrong-way bet within a day.
The New York-based lender recommended a short-dollar position vs the rand on Monday, betting the SA currency would strengthen along with emerging-market peers as uncertainty around fiscal stimulus in the US weighed on the dollar...
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