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Downward-trending inflation ensures rand will not become worthless

Despite the recent inflationary pulse, monetary conditions now suggest a resumption of the downward trend within a year

03 AUGUST 2021 - 10:32 RICHARD J GRANT

“The rand is worth nothing,” was a regular refrain 30 years ago. It was not true then, just as it is not true now. But by 1991 ... 

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