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Currency board, 5 August: the rand's day against a softer dollar
Daily ECB reference rates — one official fixing per business day, not live prices.
The move that stood out
The 5 August fixing put USD/ZAR at 16.347, a fall of 0.57% from the 4 August fixing (ECB reference rates) — the largest single move on the board, and a fall in this pair means fewer rand per dollar.
The dollar side of the story
The board leaned one way. EUR/USD fixed at 1.1554, up 0.34%, and GBP/USD at 1.3479, up 0.24% (ECB reference rates). The commodity currencies followed: AUD/USD up 0.29% at 0.7052, while NZD/USD slipped 0.23% to 0.5871 — the one major that did not join the pattern (ECB reference rates). USD/CAD eased 0.1% to 1.4047 and USD/CHF 0.06% to 0.8088 (ECB reference rates).
Yen crosses stretched further
USD/JPY edged up 0.11% to 157.59, but the crosses moved more: EUR/JPY rose 0.45% to 182.08 and GBP/JPY 0.36% to 212.41 (ECB reference rates) — the board's second- and third-largest moves, both yen weakness against European currencies rather than the dollar.
The quiet corners
EUR/GBP at 0.8572 (+0.09%), EUR/CHF at 0.9345 (+0.28%), USD/SGD at 1.2815 (-0.07%) and EUR/PLN at 4.306 (-0.01%) rounded out a board where most of the motion sat in the rand and the yen crosses (ECB reference rates).
How to read these figures
Each number is the ECB's once-daily reference fixing — an official benchmark published each business day, not a tradable live quote. The day change compares two consecutive fixings and says nothing about the path between them.
Frequently asked questions
Are these live exchange rates?
No — they are the ECB's daily reference fixings, one official benchmark per business day. The day change compares consecutive fixings.
What moved most on 5 August?
USD/ZAR, down 0.57% at 16.347, followed by the yen crosses: EUR/JPY up 0.45% and GBP/JPY up 0.36%.