Exchange rate developments  The exchange rate of the rand against a basket of currencies recovered by 16 percent in the year to the end of December 2003 and, on balance, appreciated by a further 12 percent in the six-and-a-half-month period to the middle of July 2004, despite the temporary setback to the international prices of commodity exports in the second quarter.
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