目录

1、 南非储备银行简介

2、 南非储备银行的功能

南非储备银行官方网站网址:http://www.reservebank.co.za/

南非储备银行简介

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　　南非储备银行(The South African Reserve Bank,SARB)，系南中心银行，始建于1920年，为股份有限银行，除行长与副行长由政府任命外，享有很大的独立决策权。总部设在比勒陀利亚。

　　南非储备银行作为中心银行对其它南非金融机构进行协调和治理。主要的银行有商业银行、综合银行、商人银行、贴现银行和房屋互助会等，还有南非土地农业银行、南非邮政储蓄银行和南部非洲开发银行等非正规银行。

南非储备银行的功能

　　The SARB controls credit and regulates the amount of money in circulation in the following ways:

• Increasing the discount rate in times of excessive spending;
  
• Lowering the discount rate in times of slack business and scarce money;
  
• Opening market transactions in times of excessive spending and rising prices;
  
• Opening market transactions in times of recession, when business is slack;
  
• Increasing cash reserves;
  
• Decreasing cash reserves;
  
• Disciplinary measures;
  
• Stabilising rates of exchange;
  
• Credit rationing;
  
• Bank of issue;
  
• Acting as the government‘s banker;
  
• Acting as a custodian of banks‘ cash reserves;
  
• Custodian of gold;
  
• Bank of rediscount;
  
• Clearing bank.