Central bank
Although officially state owned in most countries, the central bank is usually an autonomous entity responsible for the stability of the national currency (see also money) and the national financial system as a whole. Furthermore it implements the country's monetary policy, which may conflict with the government's fiscal measures. Other duties might include providing financial services to governments (eg. storing other countries' monetary reserves) and supervising of banking institutions (eg. in the case of mergers and acquisitions) in order to protect the consumers.
Below is a list of several central banks and their countries:
- Banca d'Italia - Italy
- Banco de EspaÃÂña - Spain
- Banco de MÃÂéxico - Mexico
- Eastern Caribbean Central Bank - OECS
- Banco de Cuba - Cuba
- Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas - Philippines
- Bank Negara Malaysia - Malaysia
- Bank of Canada - Canada
- Bank of England - United Kingdom
- Bank of Finland - Finland
- Bank of Greece - Greece
- Bank of Korea - South Korea
- Bank of Japan - Japan
- Bank of Thailand - Thailand
- Banque de France - France
- Central Bank of China - Republic of China (Taiwan)
- Central Bank of the Russian Federation Russia
- De Nederlandsche Bank - Netherlands
- Deutsche Bundesbank- Germany
- European Central Bank - European Union
- Federal Reserve System - United States
- Monetary Authority of Singapore - Singapore
- Norges Bank - Norway
- People's Bank of China - People's Republic of China
- Reserve Bank of Australia - Australia
- Reserve Bank of India - India
- South African Reserve Bank - South Africa
- Sveriges Riksbank - Sweden - The world's oldest central bank.
- TÃÂürkiye Cumhuriyeti Merkez Bankası - Turkey
- Vatican Bank - Vatican City
Also should be noted:
- World Bank group - In a sense, the central bank of the world.
- Bank for international Settlements - an international organisation which fosters international monetary and financial cooperation and serves as a bank for central banks. http://www.bis.org/index.htm
See also