Calendar·Friday·Change date
18 March 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 17 March 2016, as announced (a public report of the announcement)2 figures · 2 up
- Prime lending rate10.25% to 10.5%a year
- Repo rate6.75% to 7%a year
Interest ratesInterest rates
02
The rand
8 figures read for this date: 8 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 euro0.78218 to 0.77855British pounds per euro
- ECB euro reference rate: Japanese yen per euro126.28 to 125.79Japanese yen per euro
- ECB euro reference rate: South African rand per euroR17.4138 to R17.2024per euro
- ECB euro reference rate: US dollar per euro1.1311 to 1.1279US dollars per euro
- Rand per British poundR22.2632 to R22.0954per British pound
- Rand per Japanese yenR0.137898 to R0.136755per Japanese yen
- Rand per US dollarR15.3955 to R15.2517per US dollar
- Rand per euroR17.4138 to R17.2024per euro
Set byEuro foreign exchange reference rates, full history to 9 November 2026 (eurofxref-hist.zip)
The randThe rand
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