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Fisco announced on July 15 its forecast range for the South African rand against the yen at 9.65 yen to 10.15 yen. Buy factors cited include stabilization of domestic politics, inflows into high-interest currencies, persistently high resource prices, and a continued weak yen trend. Sell factors point to yen-buying intervention to correct excessive yen weakness.
Sell factor mentions yen-buying intervention to correct excessive yen weakness, which would strengthen JPY against USD.
Buy factor includes inflows into high-interest currencies (ZAR) and persistently high resource prices, supporting ZAR; sell factor includes yen-buying intervention which could weaken ZAR indirectly.