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Africa-Press – South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>The rand weakened the most in five months and benchmark bonds sold off as rolling power cuts, flood damage and signs of a Covid-19 comeback added to worries about the country\u2019s economic outlook.<\/p>\n

New Covid-19 wave coming<\/b><\/p>\n

As global concern over rising US interest rates sent emerging-market currencies into reverse, the rand weakened more than 2% against the dollar on Tuesday, the biggest daily decline among the asset class.<\/p>\n

Eskom warned the country may have more than 100 days of electricity blackouts this year because of outages. The government will ask parliament for additional funding of R1 billion rand to repair infrastructure damaged by deadly floods in KwaZulu Natal.<\/p>\n

This hampers plans to reduce the budget deficit and curb government debt, a key factor preventing credit-rating upgrades. In addition, growing evidence of a resurgence of Covid \u201ccould complicate\u201d South Africa\u2019s economic recovery, said Brendan McKenna, an currency strategist at Wells Fargo Securities in New York.<\/p>\n

The rand slumped 2.2% to R14.9717\/$ late on Tuesday, the most since November 2021. The yields on 2032 government bonds climbed 18 basis points to 10.31%.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere were some pretty severe floods in South Africa recently that caused a fair amount of damage,\u201d McKenna said. \u201cLooks like the government is asking for funds to start rebuilding, which could add to the debt burden and fiscal deficit.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said that public finances in the country were \u201calready in bad shape, so that could be weighing on the currency too.\u201d<\/p>\n

Treasury yields surged Tuesday as inflation fueled by the war in Ukraine and supply-chain chaos bolstered expectations for tightening by the Federal Reserve, strengthening the dollar.<\/p>\n

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