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Markets get the jitters

Signals from the US Fed that it intends to scale back its asset-purchasing programme later this year have had a notable impact on most sub-Saharan African markets over the past month. But while the best days for the region’s bond markets may now be over, there is reason to think that the big falls in the rand have already taken place.

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