USD to ZAR Exchange Rate

		Event	Prev.	Cons.
5h 41m Low	ZAR	PPI YoY (Mar)	1%	1.2%
5h 41m Low	ZAR	PPI MoM (Mar)	0.4%	0.8%
8h 41m High	USD	Initial Jobless Claims (Apr/19)	215K	221K
8h 41m High	USD	Jobless Claims 4-week Average (Apr/19)	220.75K	222K
8h 41m High	USD	Continuing Jobless Claims (Apr/12)	1885K	1880K
8h 41m Med	USD	Chicago Fed National Activity Index (Mar)	0.18	0.11
8h 41m High	USD	Durable Goods Orders MoM (Mar)	0.9%	2%
8h 41m High	USD	Durable Goods Orders ex Defense MoM (Mar)	0.8%	0.2%
8h 41m Low	USD	Non Defense Goods Orders Ex Air (Mar)	-0.3%	0.2%
8h 41m High	USD	Durable Goods Orders Ex Transp MoM (Mar)	0.7%	0.2%

Event

Prev.

Cons.

5h 41m

Low

ZAR

PPI YoY (Mar)

1.2%

5h 41m

Low

ZAR

PPI MoM (Mar)

0.4%

0.8%

8h 41m

High

USD

Initial Jobless Claims (Apr/19)

215K

221K

8h 41m

High

USD

Jobless Claims 4-week Average (Apr/19)

220.75K

222K

8h 41m

High

USD

Continuing Jobless Claims (Apr/12)

1885K

1880K

8h 41m

Med

USD

Chicago Fed National Activity Index (Mar)

0.18

0.11

8h 41m

High

USD

Durable Goods Orders MoM (Mar)

0.9%

8h 41m

High

USD

Durable Goods Orders ex Defense MoM (Mar)

0.8%

0.2%

8h 41m

Low

USD

Non Defense Goods Orders Ex Air (Mar)

-0.3%

0.2%

8h 41m

High

USD

Durable Goods Orders Ex Transp MoM (Mar)

0.7%

0.2%

Country	Central Bank	Current Rate	Previous Rate	Next Meeting
United States	Federal Reserve	4.5%	4.5%	13 days
South Africa	South African Reserve Bank	7.5%	7.5%	35 days

Country

Central Bank

Current Rate

Previous Rate

Next Meeting

United States

Federal Reserve

4.5%

13 days

South Africa

South African Reserve Bank

7.5%

35 days

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