Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
4.3 Rand as exchange rate anchor. 4.4 Composite exchange rate anchor. 4.5 Indian Rupee as exchange rate anchor. 4.6 Other. ... Pakistan ; Free floating (33)
Fixed currency Anchor currency Rate (anchor / fixed) Abkhazian apsar: Russian ruble: 0.1 Alderney pound (only coins) [1]: Pound sterling: 1 Aruban florin: U.S. dollar: 1.79
The rand was introduced on 14 February 1961. A Decimal Coinage Commission had been set up in 1956 to consider a move away from the denominations of pounds, shillings and pence, submitting its recommendation on 8 August 1958. [9] It replaced the South African pound as legal tender, at the rate of 2 rand = 1 pound or 10 shillings to the rand.
British West African pound, fixed against the pound sterling from 1913 until 1964. Ceylonese Rupee, fixed against the Indian silver rupee from 1884 until 1950. Irish pound, pegged against pound sterling from independence until 1979, issued by a currency board until 1942. East African shilling, fixed against the pound sterling from 1921 until 1969.
The State Bank of Pakistan then stabilized the exchange rate by lowering interest rates and buying dollars, to preserve the country's export competitiveness. 2008 was termed a disastrous year for the rupee after the elections: between December 2007 and August 2008, it lost 23% of its value, falling to a record low of Rs.79/ 20 against the US ...
While the formal arrangements date back to 1974, they ultimately stem from informal arrangements spanning back to prior to the formation of the Union of South Africa in 1910 and when the South African Reserve Bank was formed in 1921, the South African pound became the sole circulating legal tender in the territories that today form the CMA ...
The Karachi Interbank Offered Rate (KIBOR) is a daily reference rate based on the interest rates at which banks offer to lend unsecured funds to other banks in the Karachi wholesale (or "interbank") money market. [1] The banks used it as a benchmark in their lending to corporate sector. [2]
It replaced the South African pound as legal tender, at the rate of 2 rand to 1 pound, or 10 shillings to the rand. The government introduced a mascot, Decimal Dan, "the rand-cent man" (known in Afrikaans as Daan Desimaal). [4] This was accompanied by a radio jingle to inform the public about the new currency. [5]