受美元走强和贵金属(尤其是黄金)价格下跌的压力,南非兰特兑美元汇率小幅下跌至17.8左右。6月4日,在立法者批准了国家财政部的财政计划,为6月11日议会下院的投票批准扫清了道路后,人民币兑美元汇率早些时候攀升至五个月高点17.75。财政部长Enoch Godongwana于5月提出的第三个预算版本取消了有争议的增值税上调,同时引入了削减开支和提高燃油税。与此同时,南非经济在2025年第一季度勉强避免了收缩,仅增长了0.1%,低于2024年第四季度的0.4%,主要得益于农业。这些数据加剧了人们对该国经济停滞的担忧,联合政府的复苏承诺迅速失去了可信度。近年来,电力限制和铁路和港口基础设施的持续物流瓶颈严重阻碍了经济活动。
The South African rand dipped slightly to around 17.8 per USD, pressured by a stronger dollar and falling prices of precious metals, particularly gold. The currency had earlier climbed to a five-month peak of 17.75 per USD on June 4 after lawmakers endorsed the National Treasury’s fiscal plan, clearing the way for approval in a June 11 vote in the lower house of parliament. Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana’s third budget version, presented in May, dropped the controversial VAT increase while introducing spending cuts and higher fuel levies. Meanwhile, South Africa’s economy narrowly avoided contraction in Q1 2025, growing by just 0.1%, down from 0.4% in Q4 2024, mostly backed by agriculture. The data amplified concerns over economic stagnation in the country, with the coalition government’s recovery promises rapidly losing credibility. Power restrictions and persistent logistical bottlenecks in rail and port infrastructure have significantly hindered economic activity in recent years.