JSE may be under pressure on Thursday as rand approaches R17.50/$
The currency is at a record low against the dollar, even as focus turns to the Reserve Bank interest rate decision
19 March 2020 - 07:31
The JSE could be in store for further losses on Thursday morning, with the rand at a record-low ahead of the Reserve Bank's interest rate decision later.
Globally, central banks are responding to the coronavirus outbreak through stimulus, but a weaker rand could push up the price of SA exports, and fuel inflation...
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