Judging by the reaction on Monday, it would seem like investors in the currency and bond markets were braced for the worst. 

News that Moody’s Investors Service decided to spare SA and not remove the crucial investment-grade rating should ordinarily have been in the price, because the consensus was that it would do exactly that...

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