External reference rates for currencies

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Code	Currency	Central Bank Base Rate	External Benchmark Rate	Day Count Used
AED	United Arab Emirates Dirham	Central Bank of the U.A.E – Repo Rate¹	Emirates Interbank Offered Rate (EIBOR)	360
AUD	Australian Dollar	Reserve Bank of Australia – Target Cash Rate	Bank Bill Swap Bid Rate (BBSY)	360
BBD	Barbados Dollar	No Central Bank Policy Rate published²	³	360
BWP	Botswana Pula	Bank of Botswana – Bank Rate	³	360
CAD	Canadian Dollar	Bank of Canada – Target for the Overnight Rate	Canadian Dollar Offered Rate (CDOR)	360
CHF	Swiss Franc	SNB Policy Rate		360
CNY	Chinese Yuan	The People's Bank of China – 1 Year Policy Deposit Rate¹	³	360
CZK	Czech Koruna	Czech National Bank – 2 Week Repo Rate	³	360
DKK	Danish Krone	Danish National Bank – Lending Rate	Copenhagen Interbank Offered Rate (CIBOR)	360
EUR	Euro	European Central Bank – Interest Rate on the Main Refinancing Operations	Euro Interbank Offered Rate (EURIBOR)	360
GBP	Pound Sterling	Bank of England – Official Bank Rate		365
HKD	Hong Kong Dollar	Hong Kong Monetary Authority – Base Rate	Hong Kong Interbank Offered Rate (HIBOR)	365
HUF	Hungarian Forint	Hungarian Central Bank – Base Rate	³	360
ILS	Israeli Shekel	Bank of Israel – Interest Rate	³	365
JPY	Japanese Yen	Bank of Japan – Complementary Deposit Facility Rate		360
KES	Kenyan Shilling	Central Bank of Kenya – Central Bank Rate	³	365
KWD	Kuwaiti Dinar	Central Bank of Kuwait – Overnight Repo Rate	³	365
MUR	Mauritian Rupee	Bank of Mauritius – Repo Rate	³	365
MXN	Mexican Peso	Bank of Mexico – Overnight Target Rate	³	360
NOK	Norwegian Krone	Norges Bank – Key Policy Rate	Norwegian Interbank Offered Rate (NIBOR)	360
NZD	New Zealand Dollar	Reserve Bank of New Zealand – Official Cash Rate	Bank Bill Reference Rate (BKBM)	360
OMR	Omani Rial	Central Bank of Oman – Policy Interest Rate¹	³	360
PLN	Polish Zloty	National Bank Poland – Reference Rate (Minimum Money Market Intervention Rate)	³	365
QAR	Qatari Riyal	Qatar Central Bank – QMR Overnight Deposit Rate	³	360
RON	Romanian Leu	National Bank of Romania – Policy Rate	³	360
RUB	Russian Ruble	Bank of Russia – Overnight Credit Rate	³	360
SAR	Saudi Riyal	Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency – Official Repo Rate	³	360
SEK	Swedish Krona	Swedish Riksbank – Repo Rate	Stockholm Interbank Offered Rate (STIBOR)	360
SGD	Singapore Dollar	Monetary Authority of Singapore – Standing Facility Borrowing Rate⁴	Swap Offer Rate (SOR)	365
THB	Thai Baht	Bank of Thailand – Policy Interest Rate	³	365
TRY	Turkish Lira	Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey – 1 Week Repo Rate	³	360
USD	United States Dollar	Federal Reserve – Target Federal Funds Rate (Upper Bound)		360
ZAR	South African Rand	South African Reserve Bank – Repo Rate	Johannesburg Interbank Average Rate (JIBAR)⁵	365

Notes

The information on this website does not apply to any products with a fixed interest rate.

External reference rates are variable and may change. Barclays Wealth & Investment Management will update any rate set by reference to an external reference rate in accordance with the terms & conditions for that product.

If any external reference rate is less than zero then the rate for the product will be deemed to be zero in accordance with the terms & conditions for that product.

Important information

Rate not available on Central Bank website at present – please contact Central Bank directly should you wish to verify their current rate.^{Return to reference}
A Central Bank Base Rate is not published for this currency. We will apply a reference rate of zero.^{Return to reference}
In this currency we do not offer any products to which an External Benchmark Rate is applied.^{Return to reference}
We will apply as the reference rate the rate published on the first business day of each month with the rate updated monthly.^{Return to reference}
The External Benchmark Rate is not available at present.^{Return to reference}