Calendar·Friday·Change date
29 January 2016
10 figures in our records start or end on this date, in 2 datasets.
01
Interest rates
2 figures: 2 up.
Monetary Policy Committee decision of 28 January 2016, as announced (a public report of the announcement)2 figures · 2 up
- Prime lending rate9.75% to 10.25%a year
- Repo rate6.25% to 6.75%a year
Interest ratesInterest rates
02
The rand
8 figures read for this date: 3 up, 5 down. A reading, not a change in law: each is shown beside the reading before it.
Euro foreign exchange reference rates, full history to 9 November 2026 (eurofxref-hist.zip)8 figures
- ECB euro reference rate: British pound per euro0.76228 to 0.7641British pounds per euro
- ECB euro reference rate: Japanese yen per euro129.62 to 132.25Japanese yen per euro
- ECB euro reference rate: South African rand per euroR17.7785 to R17.4927per euro
- ECB euro reference rate: US dollar per euro1.0903 to 1.092US dollars per euro
- Rand per British poundR23.3228 to R22.8932per British pound
- Rand per Japanese yenR0.137159 to R0.13227per Japanese yen
- Rand per US dollarR16.3061 to R16.019per US dollar
- Rand per euroR17.7785 to R17.4927per euro
Set byEuro foreign exchange reference rates, full history to 9 November 2026 (eurofxref-hist.zip)
The randThe rand
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