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South African rand street rate — coverage in progress

The EMpulse Street FX Index does not publish a street rate for the South African rand (ZAR) yet: coverage is in progress.

We are adding market sources for the South African rand; the page starts publishing the rate on its own once the index has a recent day. All currencies and their status.

How it is computed

EMpulse Street FX Index: daily street exchange rates of emerging-market currencies against the US dollar (USDT) — the rate people actually pay, not the official one — built from transaction-based market data and quotes from independent public market sources, with a confidence class and the number of sources on every figure.

The index of a day is one number: when both components publish the same day, their mean weighted by confidence; outlier days are kept but excluded from averages and changes; the current day is revised until 00:00 UTC. Full rules, fields and revision policy: methodology (PDF) · accuracy.

Get ZAR via the API

curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.empulse.ai/v1/rates/ZAR

JSON by default, CSV with Accept: text/csv or /csv; fields: day, buy, sell, mid, spread_pct, confidence, 7-day average, 1/7/30-day changes. Get a free key (1-day delay) or Pro for the current day and hourly rates. API reference · try without a key.

Questions

What is the black market dollar rate in South Africa today?
The EMpulse Street FX Index is adding market sources for the South African rand; the page will show the rate as soon as the index has a recent day.
What is a street rate and how is it different from the official rate?
The street rate is the rate at which people actually buy and sell dollars (USDT) in South Africa, on the open market, outside the official or interbank quote. Where the official rate is managed or lagging, the gap between the two is the street premium.
Where does the ZAR street rate data come from?
The EMpulse Street FX Index combines transaction-based market data with quotes from independent public market sources, weighted by the reliability each source has earned. Every day carries the number of sources and a confidence class (high, medium or limited); the methodology is public at https://empulse.ai/methodology.
How often is the South African rand street rate updated?
Daily, per UTC calendar day; Pro keys also get hourly granularity for the best-covered currencies. This page shows data up to the previous day (24-hour delay); the API at https://api.empulse.ai serves the latest day with a Pro key.

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