<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>News and Publications</title><link>http://sarb-prodtemp.resbank.co.za/</link><description>RSS feed for the News and Publications list</description><copyright>The South African Reserve Bank (SARB)</copyright><ttl>60</ttl><language>en</language><item><title>Gold and Foreign Exchange Position - 30 May 2026</title><link>/en/home/publications/publication-detail-pages/Financial-Markets/markets-data/Gold-and-Foreign-Exchange-Position/2026/gold-and-foreign-exchange-position---30-may-2026</link><description>The attached document represents the Gold and Foreign exchange Position over a period of time published by South African Reserve Bank and updated at the end of each month. Any enquiries can be directed to the FMD Treasury Accounting team at FMD-TAU-FOREX@resbank.co.za or on +27 12 313 4264</description><pubDate>2026-06-05T08:15:00Z</pubDate><category>Markets Data</category><guid>/content/sarb-project/en/home/publications/publication-detail-pages/Financial-Markets/markets-data/Gold-and-Foreign-Exchange-Position/2026/gold-and-foreign-exchange-position---30-may-2026</guid></item><item><title>Information notice on the official gold and foreign exchange reserves of the South African Reserve Bank as at 31 May 2026</title><link>/en/home/publications/publication-detail-pages/Financial-Markets/Notices/Information-Notice/2026/information-notice-on-the-official-gold-and-foreign-exchange-res</link><description>This notice provides detail of the US dollar equivalent of the level of the South African Reserve Bank’s (SARB) official gold and foreign exchange reserves, Special Drawing Rights (SDRs), and foreign currency deposits received from customers, published today in the SARB’s Statement of Assets and Liabilities as at 31 May 2026.</description><pubDate>2026-06-05T08:00:00Z</pubDate><category>Information Notice | Media &gt; Information Notice | Notices &gt; Information Notice | What's New</category><guid>/content/sarb-project/en/home/publications/publication-detail-pages/Financial-Markets/Notices/Information-Notice/2026/information-notice-on-the-official-gold-and-foreign-exchange-res</guid></item><item><title>Statement of assets and liabilities May 2026</title><link>/en/home/publications/publication-detail-pages/statements/assets-and-liabilities/2026/statement-of-assets-and-liabilities-may-2026</link><description>Monthly statement of assets and liabilities as required by section 32 of the South African Reserve Bank Act 90 of 1989, as amended.</description><pubDate>2026-06-05T08:00:00Z</pubDate><category>Statements &gt; Assets and Liabilities | What's New</category><guid>/content/sarb-project/en/home/publications/publication-detail-pages/statements/assets-and-liabilities/2026/statement-of-assets-and-liabilities-may-2026</guid></item><item><title>Daily monetary operations: 2026-06-04</title><link>/en/home/publications/publication-detail-pages/Financial-Markets/markets-auction-results/2026/daily-monetary-operations-2025</link><description>  </description><pubDate>2026-06-04T08:00:00Z</pubDate><category>Markets Auction Results</category><guid>/content/sarb-project/en/home/publications/publication-detail-pages/Financial-Markets/markets-auction-results/2026/daily-monetary-operations-2025</guid></item><item><title>Lesetja Kganyago | Managing supply shocks: The role of monetary policy</title><link>/en/home/publications/publication-detail-pages/speeches/speeches-by-governors/2026/kganyago-ber-supply-shocks</link><description>Address by Lesetja Kganyago, Governor of the South African Reserve Bank, at the Bureau for Economic Research Annual Conference.</description><pubDate>2026-06-02T11:10:00Z</pubDate><category>Media &gt; Media Releases | Speeches &gt; Speeches by Governors | What's New</category><guid>/content/sarb-project/en/home/publications/publication-detail-pages/speeches/speeches-by-governors/2026/kganyago-ber-supply-shocks</guid></item><item><title>Historical data: South African Benchmark Overnight Rate - May 2026</title><link>/en/home/publications/publication-detail-pages/Financial-Markets/markets-data/SABOR-Historical-Data/2026/historical-data--south-african-benchmark-overnight-rate---februa</link><description>Historical Data: South African Benchmark Overnight Rate (SABOR) and Overnight Foreign Exchange (FX) Rate.
The attached document contains the overnight benchmark rates, as published by the South African Reserve Bank, updated at the end of each month. Please note that there is generally no overnight foreign exchange data on public holidays in the US.

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