<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"><channel><title><![CDATA[Mpho Hlakudi - Emerging Markets Reporter]]></title><description><![CDATA[Mpho Hlakudi - Emerging Markets Reporter]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AWMdM8ErNWg/mpho-hlakudi</link><image><url>https://www.bloomberg.com/feeds/static/images/bloomberg_logo_black.png</url><title>Mpho Hlakudi - Emerging Markets Reporter</title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AWMdM8ErNWg/mpho-hlakudi</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2025 16:57:25 GMT</lastBuildDate><copyright><![CDATA[Copyright 2025 BLOOMBERG L.P. 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Photographer: Dwayne Senior/Bloomberg</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most Emerging Currencies Rally as CPI Data Bolster Fed Cut Bets]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-12/emerging-market-stocks-trade-steady-before-us-inflation-data</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-12/emerging-market-stocks-trade-steady-before-us-inflation-data</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Vinicius Andrade]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2025 08:38:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prescient Fund Betting on Short-Duration South Africa Bonds]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-12/prescient-fund-betting-on-south-africa-bonds-with-short-duration</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-12/prescient-fund-betting-on-south-africa-bonds-with-short-duration</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mpho Hlakudi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2025 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Emerging Assets Slip on Renewed Trade Tensions, Local Politics]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-08/emerging-market-asset-rally-stalls-as-trade-tensions-resurface</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-08/emerging-market-asset-rally-stalls-as-trade-tensions-resurface</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Zijia Song]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2025 04:50:50 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Emerging Currencies Rise on Weak Dollar as Stocks Pare Losses]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-06/emerging-market-stocks-fall-on-chips-tariff-threat-taiwan-probe</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-06/emerging-market-stocks-fall-on-chips-tariff-threat-taiwan-probe</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><category><![CDATA[personal-finance]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Zijia Song]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2025 09:31:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[South Africa’s Rand Ends Slide After Weak US Jobs Report]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-01/south-africa-s-rand-ends-slide-after-weak-us-jobs-report</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-01/south-africa-s-rand-ends-slide-after-weak-us-jobs-report</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mpho Hlakudi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2025 14:04:38 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iRbZcs2B28WE/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iRbZcs2B28WE/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>A customer holds rand banknotes at the Joburg Market, also known as City Deep, wholesale food market in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024. South Africa’s inflation rate crept up by less-than-expected in November amid benign food price growth, creating room for the central bank to cut borrowing costs again next month.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[South Africa Urged to Sweeten US Trade Deal Before Tariff Deadline]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-31/south-africa-urged-to-sweeten-us-trade-deal-before-levy-deadline</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-31/south-africa-urged-to-sweeten-us-trade-deal-before-levy-deadline</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mpho Hlakudi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2025 09:58:45 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ik14eUbtn4NM/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ik14eUbtn4NM/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>The cab of a vehicle on the automobile production line at the Toyota Motor Corp. manufacturing plant in Durban.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Transnet Bonds Jump on South Africa’s $5.3 Billion of Guarantees]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-28/transnet-bonds-jump-on-south-africa-s-5-3-billion-of-guarantees</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-28/transnet-bonds-jump-on-south-africa-s-5-3-billion-of-guarantees</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Burkhardt]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2025 10:55:37 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/imUClRM_ev9Y/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/imUClRM_ev9Y/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Trucks line up on a dock at the Port of Cape Town, operated by Transnet National Ports Authority.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[South African Index Crosses Psychological Level of 100,000]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-23/south-african-stock-index-crosses-psychological-level-of-100-000</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-23/south-african-stock-index-crosses-psychological-level-of-100-000</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><category><![CDATA[personal-finance]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mpho Hlakudi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2025 07:23:41 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iYciDgOCXfo0/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iYciDgOCXfo0/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>The Johannesburg Stock Exchange.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pepkor Shareholder Raises $1.5 Billion From Sale of Stake]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-22/pepkor-shareholder-raises-1-5-billion-selling-its-entire-stake</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-22/pepkor-shareholder-raises-1-5-billion-selling-its-entire-stake</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mpho Hlakudi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2025 06:39:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[StanChart Kenya, BII Ink $100M Deal for Small Firms: EastAfrican]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-20/stanchart-kenya-bii-ink-100m-deal-for-small-firms-eastafrican</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-20/stanchart-kenya-bii-ink-100m-deal-for-small-firms-eastafrican</guid><category><![CDATA[small-business]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mpho Hlakudi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2025 09:42:50 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iW5.ysWv8ORo/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iW5.ysWv8ORo/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>The Standard Chartered Bank Kenya Ltd. offices in Nairobi, Kenya, on Thursday, June 5, 2025. Kenyan annual inflation remained below the 5% midpoint of the central bank’s target range for a 12th straight month strengthening the case for another interest-rate cut.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Senegal Bonds Rally on Prospects GDP Rebase Will Cut Debt Ratios]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-15/senegal-bonds-rally-on-prospects-gdp-rebase-will-cut-debt-ratios</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-15/senegal-bonds-rally-on-prospects-gdp-rebase-will-cut-debt-ratios</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mpho Hlakudi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2025 11:10:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cost of Hedging for Declines in Rand, Real Soars on Tariff Peril]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-11/cost-of-hedging-for-declines-in-rand-real-soars-on-tariff-peril</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-11/cost-of-hedging-for-declines-in-rand-real-soars-on-tariff-peril</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mpho Hlakudi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2025 10:38:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Emerging Currencies Extend Declines as Tariff Risks Linger]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-09/emerging-currencies-extend-declines-on-trade-turmoil-china-data</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-09/emerging-currencies-extend-declines-on-trade-turmoil-china-data</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mpho Hlakudi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2025 08:16:03 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iRH5Bb2i9qYs/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iRH5Bb2i9qYs/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>US President Donald Trump Photographer: Kent Nishimura/Bloomberg</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vanishing Inflation Expectations Fuel South African Bond Rally]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-04/vanishing-inflation-expectations-fuel-south-african-bond-rally</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-04/vanishing-inflation-expectations-fuel-south-african-bond-rally</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Robert Brand]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2025 09:58:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[S. Africa Auto Firms Bracing for Tariffs Face Pay Test]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-24/south-african-auto-firms-bracing-for-tariffs-face-pay-talks-test</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-24/south-african-auto-firms-bracing-for-tariffs-face-pay-talks-test</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Prinesha Naidoo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2025 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/igbNN1CupZsA/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/igbNN1CupZsA/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>A worker on the automobile production line at the Toyota Motor Corp. manufacturing plant in Durban, South Africa.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[South African Assets Rally Despite Global Headwinds]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-05/south-african-assets-rally-despite-global-headwinds</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-05/south-african-assets-rally-despite-global-headwinds</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mpho Hlakudi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2025 14:25:34 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[South Africa’s 10-Year Bond Yield Drops to Lowest Since 2022]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-04/south-africa-s-10-year-bond-yield-drops-to-lowest-since-2022</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-04/south-africa-s-10-year-bond-yield-drops-to-lowest-since-2022</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mpho Hlakudi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2025 14:23:11 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iBGJwFT8QAvQ/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iBGJwFT8QAvQ/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>The financial district in Cape Town, South Africa.</media:description></media:content></item></channel></rss>