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</description><link>https://www.news24.com/fin24/opinion/opinion-lessons-in-investing-overseas-sticker-shock-lindy-effect-and-fomo-20250503</link><pubDate>Saturday May 03 2025 17:00:45</pubDate><enclosure url="https://cdn.24.co.za/files/Cms/General/d/12795/da918d4a59584650b6b28c4cbecfc9b0.jpg" length="1" type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title>News24 Business | Oil prices may sink even lower as Saudi, Russia throw 'bombshell'</title><description>Eight OPEC+ member countries on Saturday announced a sharp increase in oil production for the month of June at the risk of driving down already very low prices.</description><link>https://www.news24.com/fin24/markets/oil-prices-may-sink-even-lower-as-saudi-russia-throw-bombshell-20250503</link><pubDate>Saturday May 03 2025 14:57:10</pubDate><enclosure url="https://cdn.24.co.za/files/Cms/General/d/12783/197535406df54eb0be496f2916f8c00c.jpg" length="1" type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title>News24 Business | Gold drops to two-week low as trade talks progress</title><description>Gold dropped to a two-week low on signs of potential trade-talk progress between the US and several other nations, quelling demand for a haven despite worries about weakening economies.</description><link>https://www.news24.com/fin24/markets/gold-drops-to-two-week-low-as-trade-talks-progress-20250501</link><pubDate>Friday May 02 2025 12:29:09</pubDate><enclosure url="https://cdn.24.co.za/files/Cms/General/d/12860/f6943a5275ca4bc8a76765cb5dbff9b3.jpg" length="1" type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title>News24 Business | Wall St bleeds as US economy unexpectedly shrinks - even before Trump tariffs </title><description>The US economy unexpectedly contracted in the first three months of the year due largely to a surge in imports as businesses and consumers stockpiled ahead of the introduction of President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs.</description><link>https://www.news24.com/fin24/markets/wall-st-bleeds-as-us-economy-unexpectedly-shrinks-even-before-trump-tariffs-20250430</link><pubDate>Wednesday Apr 30 2025 16:56:51</pubDate><enclosure url="https://cdn.24.co.za/files/Cms/General/d/12770/657e7f6737b54d0d988dcf28e45d4702.jpg" length="1" type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title>News24 Business | Markets edge up as Trump softens tariff pain for car manufacturers</title><description>Stock markets advanced on Tuesday following news that Donald Trump plans to spare automakers from some of his wide-ranging tariffs, boosting hopes of a less combative approach to his trade war.</description><link>https://www.news24.com/fin24/markets/markets-edge-up-as-trump-softens-tariff-pain-for-car-manufacturers-20250429</link><pubDate>Tuesday Apr 29 2025 14:24:52</pubDate><enclosure url="https://cdn.24.co.za/files/Cms/General/d/12391/2b25f47ea6964199b4ebbb67055c35f0.jpg" length="1" type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title>News24 Business | Dollar rally unravels as investors shrug off Trump U-turns</title><description>The dollar staged a broad retreat on Thursday, as investor gloom over the lack of any real progress towards defusing the U.S./China trade war reasserted itself following a brief interlude of optimism the previous day.</description><link>https://www.news24.com/fin24/markets/dollar-rally-unravels-as-investors-shrug-off-trump-u-turns-20250424</link><pubDate>Thursday Apr 24 2025 16:50:23</pubDate><enclosure url="https://cdn.24.co.za/files/Cms/General/d/3769/7ea96f54ef59420ebfeee176e4107e90.jpg" length="1" type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title>News24 Business | Rand takes hit amid VAT, GNU uncertainty  </title><description>Without the planned VAT increases over the next two years, estimated government revenue is now expected to fall short by around R75 billion over the medium 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record and some SA miners rally as Trump fuels Fed fears</title><description>Bullion hit another record Tuesday while the dollar weakened and equities fluctuated as US President Donald Trump's latest salvo against Federal Reserve boss Jerome Powell added fuel to fears about the central bank's independence.</description><link>https://www.news24.com/fin24/markets/gold-hits-record-and-some-sa-miners-rally-as-trump-fuels-fed-fears-20250422</link><pubDate>Tuesday Apr 22 2025 10:09:10</pubDate><enclosure url="https://cdn.24.co.za/files/Cms/General/d/12791/03f1b2cb3e0c4cd8be79ac9b33331bab.jpg" length="1" type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title>News24 Business | Rand reaches best level in weeks as Trump attacks on Fed boss unsettle dollar</title><description>The dollar sank to a fresh seven-month low versus the safe-haven yen on Tuesday as US President Donald Trump's unrelenting attacks on the Federal Reserve chairman further eroded investor confidence in the US 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coalition will be ironed out.</description><link>https://www.news24.com/fin24/markets/rand-rebounds-is-the-worst-behind-us-20250414</link><pubDate>Monday Apr 14 2025 17:31:02</pubDate><enclosure url="https://cdn.24.co.za/files/Cms/General/d/12047/d5f648920d8846ab9154c2161421d178.jpg" length="1" type="image/jpeg" /></item></channel></rss>