Calendar·Friday·Change date
17 January 2020
15 figures in our records start or end on this date, in 2 datasets.
01
Interest rates
7 figures: 7 down.
Government Gazette 39379, Notice GN 10805 figures · 5 down
- NCA maximum interest rate: credit facilities20.5% to 20.25%a year
- NCA maximum interest rate: developmental credit agreements33.5% to 33.25%a year
- NCA maximum interest rate: mortgage agreements18.5% to 18.25%a year
- NCA maximum interest rate: other credit agreements23.5% to 23.25%a year
- NCA maximum interest rate: unsecured credit transactions27.5% to 27.25%a year
Monetary Policy Committee decision of 16 January 2020, as announced (a public report of the announcement)2 figures · 2 down
- Prime lending rate10% to 9.75%a year
- Repo rate6.5% to 6.25%a year
Interest ratesInterest rates
02
The rand
8 figures read for this date: 2 up, 6 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 euro0.8547 to 0.85105British pounds per euro
- ECB euro reference rate: Japanese yen per euro122.8 to 122.31Japanese yen per euro
- ECB euro reference rate: South African rand per euroR16.1229 to R16.0582per euro
- ECB euro reference rate: US dollar per euro1.1169 to 1.1108US dollars per euro
- Rand per British poundR18.8638 to R18.8687per British pound
- Rand per Japanese yenR0.131294 to R0.131291per Japanese yen
- Rand per US dollarR14.4354 to R14.4564per US dollar
- Rand per euroR16.1229 to R16.0582per euro
Set byEuro foreign exchange reference rates, full history to 9 November 2026 (eurofxref-hist.zip)
The randThe rand
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