USD to ZAR Exchange Rate

		Event	Prev.	Cons.
1d Med	USD	Chicago Fed National Activity Index (Jan)	0.15	0.21
1d Med	USD	Dallas Fed Manufacturing Index (Feb)	14.1	18
1d Low	USD	3-Month Bill Auction	4.225%
1d Low	USD	6-Month Bill Auction	4.22%
1d Low	USD	2-Year Note Auction	4.211%
2d Low	ZAR	Leading Business Cycle Indicator MoM (Dec)	0.6%	0.3%
2d Med	USD	Fed Logan Speech
2d Low	USD	Redbook YoY (Feb/22)	6.3%
2d Low	USD	House Price Index MoM (Dec)	0.3%	0.2%
2d Low	USD	House Price Index (Dec)	433.4	434.3

Event

Prev.

Cons.

Med

USD

Chicago Fed National Activity Index (Jan)

0.15

0.21

Med

USD

Dallas Fed Manufacturing Index (Feb)

14.1

Low

USD

3-Month Bill Auction

4.225%

Low

USD

6-Month Bill Auction

4.22%

Low

USD

2-Year Note Auction

4.211%

Low

ZAR

Leading Business Cycle Indicator MoM (Dec)

0.6%

0.3%

Med

USD

Fed Logan Speech

Low

USD

Redbook YoY (Feb/22)

6.3%

Low

USD

House Price Index MoM (Dec)

0.3%

0.2%

Low

USD

House Price Index (Dec)

433.4

434.3

Country	Central Bank	Current Rate	Previous Rate	Next Meeting
United States	Federal Reserve	4.5%	4.5%	24 days
South Africa	South African Reserve Bank	7.5%	7.75%	25 days

Country

Central Bank

Current Rate

Previous Rate

Next Meeting

United States

Federal Reserve

4.5%

24 days

South Africa

South African Reserve Bank

7.5%

7.75%

25 days

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