Central Banks

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Afghanistan - Da Afghanistan Bank - With legal and other information about Afghanistan's central bank..

Albania - Bank of Albania - Minutes of the meetings of the Supervisory Council..

Andorra - Institut Nacional Andorrà de Finances - With information on the Andorran financial system in English, Spanish, French and Catalan..

Argentina - Central Bank of the Argentine Republic - Mission statement, and list of financial institutions..

Armenia - Central Bank of Armenia - About Armenia and the Central Bank, list of financial institutions, and money-supply statistics..

Aruba - Central Bank of Aruba - History, legislation and decrees, and economic statistics..

Australia - Reserve Bank of Australia - Monetary policy statements, economic statistics, description of the payment system, information on banknotes, and other publications and research..

Azerbaijan - National Bank of Azerbaijan Republic - History of policy rates and T-bill issuance, spot FX rates, the bank's internal structure, and addresses of regional offices..

Bahamas - Central Bank of The Bahamas - Brief summary of monetary policy, foreign exchange regime and regulatory environment..

Bahrain Monetary Agency - List of financial institutions, rules and regulations, money and banking statistics, annual report and quarterly bulletin..

Bangladesh Bank - Also known as the "Central Bank of Bangladesh". About the financial system, the convertibility of Taka, and economic and statistical data about the economy..

Barbados - Central Bank of Barbados - About the bank, Barbados links, and monetary policy..

Belarus - National Bank of the Republic of Belarus - Background, monetary policy guidelines, and list of banks (both open and closed)..

Belize - Central Bank of Belize - About the bank's mission and organizational structure, and some economic information..

Bermuda Monetary Authority - List of institutions, links, collectors notes and coins; about Bermuda, and how to form a Bermudan entity..

Bhutan - Royal Monetary Authority of Bhutan - Describes the RMA's legal status, roles, and has the text of relevant laws..

Bosnia - Central Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina - Legislative structure, history, directories of banks and other associations, notes and coins, and statistical reports..

Botswana - Bank of Botswana - Legislation, speeches, a list of financial institutions, and information on Pula-denominated government bonds..

Brazil - Central Bank of Brasil - Inflation reports, regulations, economic and statistical information, payment system, and history..

Brunei Currency Board - History, legislation, and currency statistics..

Bulgarian National Bank - List of banks, money-supply statistics, and legal framework..

Canada - Bank of Canada - Press notices, economic information, explanation of inflation target and market operations, careers and economic research..

Cayman Islands Monetary Authority - Investment services, requirements for creating a bank or insurance company, history of the currency (including the monetary divorce from Jamaica), and economic statistics..

Chile - Central Bank of Chile - Origin and history and policy objectives..

China - People's Bank of China - Speeches, statistics, rules and regulations for and supervision of financial institutions..

China - State Administration of Foreign Exchange - Press notices from mainland China's FX management agent..

Colombia - Bank of the Republic - History, economic statistics, inflation and exchange rate reports, banking operations and regulations, and gold museum..

Croatian National Bank - List of banks, policy tools, regulations and legislation, economic and financial statistics, and information on coins and banknotes..

Cuba - Banco Central de Cuba - Comments on monetary policy, on bank supervision, and on the BCC's moves towards a gross real-time settlement system..

Czech National Bank - Legal function, monetary policy, banking supervision, payment systems, and economic and financial statistics..

Denmark - Nationalbank - Explanation of monetary policy, the discount rate and CIBOR, notes and coins, bank, mortgage and capital-market statistics, and information on government debt..

East Timor - Banking and Payments Authority of Timor-Leste - Includes the balance sheet of the Autoridade Bancária e de Pagamentos de Timor-Leste..

Egypt - Central Bank of Egypt - Current FX rates, history of Egyptian money, and the latest annual report and quarterly economic review..

El Salvador - Central Reserve Bank of El Salvador - Structure of the financial system, monthly statistical bulletin, and mission statement..

Estonia - Bank of Estonia - Daily FX fixings, monetary policy framework, Estonian banking system, Estonian banknotes and coins, and papers on the EU accession process..

Ethiopia - National Bank of Ethiopia - History of financial Institutions in Ethiopia; about the Ethiopian Institute of Banking and Insurance (EIBI); and results of weekly auctions of foreign exchange..

Faroe Islands - Governmental Bank of the Faroe Islands - Accounts, external reserves, and information about the Faroe Islands economy..

Fiji - Reserve Bank of Fiji - Working papers, regulatory framework, currency collectables, and a webcam giving the best view from any central bank..

Gambia - Central Bank of The Gambia - With information on foreign exchange, government securities, and the structure of the financial system..

Georgia - National Bank of Georgia - Monetary policy and FX regime, acution details, the payment system, and restrictions on the export of currency..

Ghana - Bank of Ghana - History of the bank and contact information..

Guatemala - Bank of Guatemala - Economic information and statistics and contact information..

Guyana - Bank of Guyana - Banking, financial-sector and economic statistics, legal tender, legal and regulatory framework, press releases and contact information..

Hong Kong Monetary Authority - Workings of its currency board, banking policy and supervision, debt market developments, HIBOR fixings and press releases..

Hungary - National Bank of Hungary - Financial information including the history of the composition of the currency basket and its relationship to the forint, economic statistics, and legislative information..

Iceland - Central Bank of Iceland - Official reserves, report on inflation target, annual reports, the 2001 Act of the Central Bank of Iceland, and historical data for REIBID and REIBOR..

India - Reserve Bank of India - Information about monetary policy and operations, issues of government securities, financial and economic statistics, and the RBI museum..

Indonesia - Bank Indonesia - Press releases, regulations including exchange controls, and monetary, economic and banking indicators..

Iran - Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran - With information about the currency, the bank, and governing legislation..

Iraq - Central Bank of Iraq - Laws, the principles of the operation of monetary policy, and a list of banks..

Ireland - Central Bank of Ireland - Responsible for the supervision of most financial institutions in Ireland including banks, building societies and a broad range of non-bank firms, exchanges and collective investment schemes..

Israel - Bank of Israel - Semi-annual inflation reports, government bond auctions, and announcements relating to banking supervision..

Jamaica - Bank of Jamaica - Statistical digest, quarterly monetary policy report, and balance sheet..

Japan - Bank of Japan - Monetary policy meetings and minutes, speeches, research papers, statistical releases, quarterly bulletin, and sources of changes in account balances at the BoJ..

Jordan - Central Bank of Jordan - Law and organization structure..

Kazakhstan - National Bank of Kazakhstan - Brief explanation of monetary policy, banknotes and coins, and daily FX quotations..

Kenya - Central Bank of Kenya - Includes a weekly bulletin describing financial conditions..

Kuwait - Central Bank of Kuwait - Purpose, exchange-rate policy, and monetary statistics..

Kyrgyzstan - National Bank of Kyrgyz Republic - Legal staus, foreign exchange laws and monetary policy..

Laos - Bank of the Lao P.D.R. - Includes current FX prices and information on the currency and legislation..

Latvia - Bank of Latvia - About the bank, its monetary policy, payment systems, laws, a history of Latvian money and balance sheets of credit institutions..

Lebanon - Central Bank of Lebanon - Economic and financial data, exchange and payments systems, the history of the Lebanese pound, and information on the banking and financial sectors..

Lesotho - Central Bank of Lesotho - Rural finance and credit scheme, central bank acts and exchange control orders..

Liberia - Central Bank of Liberia - Includes information on the check-clearing system..

Libya - Central Bank of Libya - The monetary authority in the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya. Includes some recent laws, a brief history, and more content in Arabic..

Lithuania - Bank of Lithuania - Publications, balance sheets of credit institutions, banknotes, and an explanation of the change in the currency peg from USD to EUR at the start of February 2002..

Macau - Monetary Authority of Macau - History, goals, structure, regulatory orders for banking and insurance, economic statistics and a list of commemorative coins..

Macedonia - National Bank of the Republic of Macedonia - Monetary policy mechanism, payment system, and exchange-control rules..

Malawi - Reserve Bank of Malawi - The publications including the minutes of the MPC meetings..

Malaysia - Bank Negara Malaysia - Exchange controls, national data summary, press notices and a summary of Malaysian financial system..

Maldives Monetary Authority - Includes copies of the Quarterly Economic Bulletin..

Mauritius - Bank of Mauritius - List of commercial banks and application forms for T-Bill purchases..

Mexico - Bank of Mexico - Monetary and exchange-rate policies, numismatic information and quarterly inflation reports..

Moldova - National Bank of Moldova - Summary of the workings of the domestic debt market..

Mongolia - Bank of Mongolia - Monthly bulletins, banking law, monetary statistics, history and banknotes..

Morocco - Bank Al-Maghrib - Annual report and monetary statistics..

Mozambique - Bank of Mozambique - History, financial and credit statistics, and MAIBOR rates..

Namibia - Bank of Namibia - Balance sheet, payment system, exchange control rules, and announcements of auctions of government debt..

Nepal Rastra Bank - Quarterly economic bulletin, basic economic indicators, information about the rural self-reliance fund and a history of Nepalese capital markets..

Netherlands Antilles - Central Bank Netherlands Antilles - Lists of financial institutions, rules applicable to them, quarterly bulletins and annual reports, and Dutch-language job vacancies..

New Zealand - Reserve Bank of New Zealand - Monetary policy, statistics, the banking system and New Zealand's unusual method of supervision, payment systems, RBNZ research papers and about the new series of polymer banknotes..

Nicaragua - Banco Central de Nicaragua - With annual reports and bulletins of the Central Bank of Nicaragua, statistics, and economic indicators. Current information in Spanish, most documents available in English..

Nigeria - Central Bank of Nigeria - Includes a history of Nigerian monetary policy and of Nigeria's foreign exchange market, press releases, and statistics on government finances and on the economy..

Northern Cyprus - Central Bank of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus - Includes some of the main banking regulations and a list of banks..

Norway - Norges Bank - Press releases on monetary policy and related matters, and a detailed section on the Government Petroleum Fund, managed by a separate unit within Norges Bank called Norges Bank Investment Management..

Oman - Central Bank of Oman - About the bank and contact information, monthly and quarterly bulletins, and information about commemorative coins..

Pakistan - State Bank of Pakistan - IMF agreements, operation of monetary policy, Act and Charter..

Palestinian Monetary Authority - Ensures the soundness of banking operations, maintains monetary stability, and encourages economic growth in Palestine..

Papua New Guinea - Bank of Papua New Guinea - Explanation of the objectives and implementation of monetary policy, the rules of exchange controls, and the operation of the government securities market..

Peru - Central Reserve Bank of Peru - Monetary operations, periodic and special reports, and facts about the BCRP..

Philippines - Central Bank of the Philippines - Objectives, functions, calendar of economic releases, and a list of answers to FAQs about the peso's depreciation..

Poland - National Bank of Poland - Structure, governing legislation, economic statistics, and a list of banks in Poland..

Qatar Central Bank - Structure, law and descriptions of banks..

Romania - National Bank of Romania - Museum, economic and financial statistics, press releases, banking licences and regulations..

Russia - Bank of Russia - History, balance sheet, press notices, and data release calendar..

Rwanda - National Bank of Rwanda - Information on bank supervision and monetary policy in English and French..

Samoa - Central Bank of Samoa - Mission, annual reports and monetary surveys, and speeches..

Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency - Currency museum, stock quotations and press releases..

Serbia - National Bank of Serbia - Formerly the National Bank of Yugoslavia, site has history and organization, regulations, monetary policy, the banking system, and how to form a bank..

Seychelles - Central Bank of Seychelles - History, exchange rate system and peg weights, economic statistics, quarterly review and annual report..

Sierra Leone - Bank of Sierra Leone - Includes banking guidelines for diamond exporters..

Singapore - Monetary Authority of Singapore - Directory of financial institutions, statutes and regulations, the "data room" of monetary information, and a licensing guide..

Slovakia - National Bank of Slovakia - Annual Report, monetary and macroeconomic information, banking information, legislation and the Museum of Coins and Medals..

Solomon Islands - Central Bank of Solomon Islands - Annual and quarterly reports, monthly economic bulletins, Currency collectibles, and tenders of Solomon Islands Government Treasury Bills..

Somaliland - Bank of Somaliland - Also known as Baanka Somaliland; site has a list of departments, branches and directors..

South African Reserve Bank - Bank supervision acts and regulations, money-market operations, statement of policy on forward FX trading, press releases, monetary-policy statements, and about the South African Reserve Bank College..

South Korea - Bank of Korea - Economic releases, FX system, chemical composition of coins, and a brief history of the Korean financial system..

Sri Lanka - Central Bank of Sri Lanka - Daily SLIBOR and exchange rates, monthly bulletin and prices at open market operations..

Sudan - Bank of Sudan - Economic indicators, spot FX, annual reports and contact details..

Suriname - Centrale Bank van Suriname - With pictures of items in the collection of The Numismatic Museum of the Centrale Bank van Suriname..

Swaziland - Central Bank of Swaziland - With an explanation of the central bank's mission, monetary surveys back to 1980, and bill tenders..

Sweden - Riksbanken - Economic and financial data for Sweden, FX reserves, and information on government debt..

Swiss National Bank - General remarks on price stability and relevance of LIBOR to monetary policy, rules on monetary-policy repo tenders, schedule of forthcoming speeches, data and statistics..

Taiwan - Central Bank of China - FX statistics, financial institutions, government bond and treasury bill auctions (excel format), monetary policy announcements, and information about new banknotes and coins..

Tajikistan - National Bank of Tajikistan - Banking and payments news in English, Russian and Tajik..

Tanzania - Bank of Tanzania - Debt buyback information, list of registered banks and supervision regulations, payment system, bond bill auction details and application forms, and the Bank of Tanzania Training Institute..

Thailand - Central Bank of Thailand - Decisions of the Monetary Policy Committee, guide to financial investment in Thailand, debt issuance announcements, payment systems, banknotes, and details of assistance to priority economic sectors..

Tonga - National Reserve Bank of Tonga - With information on the law, bank supervision, government bonds, currency and numismatics..

Trans-Dniester Republican Bank - History and press releases..

Trinidad and Tobago - Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago - Economic commentary and outlook, monetary statistics, and daily inter-bank interest rates..

Tunisia - Central Bank of Tunisia - Currency museum, history of credit ratings, and steps towards full convertibility of the currency..

Turkey - Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey - History, structure, governing law, and financial and statistical data delivery system..

Uganda - Bank of Uganda - Staff papers, annual reports, occasional reports on the state of the economy, and information about the BoU's various credit programmes..

Ukraine - National Bank of Ukraine - Law, financial statements, spheres of activity, and pictures of the banknotes..

United Arab Emirates - Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates - Organisation, and brief comments on the state of the economy and the tools it uses..

United Kingdom - Bank of England - The Old Lady of Threadneedle Street. Site has publications including the semi-annual Practical Issues Arising From the Euro, minutes of monthly monetary-policy meetings, weekly Bank Return, and other press releases..

Vanuatu - Reserve Bank of Vanuatu - Includes a brief history, pictures of commemorative coins and information about the regulation of financial services..

Venezuela - Banco Central de Venezuela - Has some press releases and financial statements in English, and more content in Spanish..

Yemen - Central Bank of Yemen - Function and structure, branches, pictures of currency, balance sheet and FX rates..

Zambia - Bank of Zambia - Economic and financial data, BoZ publications and press releases..

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