Calendar·Friday·Change date
20 March 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 facilities20.25% to 19.25%a year
- NCA maximum interest rate: developmental credit agreements33.25% to 32.25%a year
- NCA maximum interest rate: mortgage agreements18.25% to 17.25%a year
- NCA maximum interest rate: other credit agreements23.25% to 22.25%a year
- NCA maximum interest rate: unsecured credit transactions27.25% to 26.25%a year
Monetary Policy Committee decision of 19 March 2020, as announced (a public report of the announcement)2 figures · 2 down
- Prime lending rate9.75% to 8.75%a year
- Repo rate6.25% to 5.25%a year
Interest ratesInterest rates
02
The rand
8 figures read for this date: 1 up, 7 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 euro0.92985 to 0.91028British pounds per euro
- ECB euro reference rate: Japanese yen per euro118.63 to 118.37Japanese yen per euro
- ECB euro reference rate: South African rand per euroR18.68 to R18.5127per euro
- ECB euro reference rate: US dollar per euro1.0801 to 1.0707US dollars per euro
- Rand per British poundR20.0893 to R20.3374per British pound
- Rand per Japanese yenR0.157464 to R0.156397per Japanese yen
- Rand per US dollarR17.2947 to R17.2903per US dollar
- Rand per euroR18.68 to R18.5127per euro
Set byEuro foreign exchange reference rates, full history to 9 November 2026 (eurofxref-hist.zip)
The randThe rand
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