South African Reserve Bank

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The South African Reserve Bank is the central bank of South Africa, responsible for formulating and implementing monetary policy, issuing currency, and maintaining financial stability in the country.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf central bank
public institution
abbreviation SARB
continent Africa
country South Africa
currencyIssued South African rand
employerInIndustry central banking industry
follows South African law
followsPolicyFramework inflation targeting framework
governedBy South African Reserve Bank Act
hasMotto Price stability for balanced and sustainable growth
hasOfficialWebsite https://www.resbank.co.za/
hasRole banker to the South African government
custodian of South Africa’s gold and foreign reserves
lender of last resort to the banking system
hasShareholders private individuals and institutions
headquartersLocation Gauteng
Pretoria, South Africa
surface form: Pretoria
isNot commercial bank
development finance institution
ISO4217CurrencyCode South African rand
surface form: ZAR
issues South African banknotes
South African coins
jurisdiction South Africa
languageOfWork English
legalForm state-owned entity with private shareholders
locatedInTimeZone Central Africa Time
surface form: South African Standard Time
memberOf Association of African Central Banks
Bank for International Settlements
Committee of Central Bank Governors in SADC
monetaryPolicyInstrument open market operations
policy interest rate
reserve requirements
standing facilities
nativeName South African Reserve Bank self-link
primaryObjective price stability in the interest of balanced and sustainable economic growth
responsibility banking sector oversight (within its mandate)
financial stability in South Africa
issuing banknotes and coins
management of foreign exchange reserves
monetary policy of South Africa
oversight of the national payment system
promotion of price stability
regulation of money supply
sector financial sector
public sector of South Africa
supervises national payment system of South Africa

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South African rand centralBank South African Reserve Bank
Gauteng containsCentralBank South African Reserve Bank
South African pound monetaryAuthority South African Reserve Bank
this entity surface form: South African Treasury (early period)
South African pound monetaryAuthority South African Reserve Bank
South African rand monetaryAuthority South African Reserve Bank
South African Reserve Bank nativeName South African Reserve Bank self-link
South African pound usedBy South African Reserve Bank
this entity surface form: South African Reserve Bank (late period)