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The rand lost some ground against major currencies towards the end of the week after remaining relatively steady for most of the week, closing at R6,68 to the US dollar from R6,59 in the previous week, reports the Nedcor Economic Unit.
Rian le Roux - head of economic research at Old Mutual SA - says that there shouldn't be any major policy surprises in this year's national budget, which is Trevor Manuel's eighth.
Budget highlights - Manuel waxes lyrical.
Angelo Coppola reports that one bank economist doesn't expect any surprises when the budget is announced next week. Although he does think it is time to change the members of the cast on the day.
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