Central banks, also known as reserve banks or monetary authorities, define and issue legal tender (money). Their precise role varies from country, but most also manage the foreign-exchange reserves. Some also issue government debt, and some supervise parts of the financial system. Currency boards issue money the value of which is pegged to a different currency, usually the US dollar.
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  • Australia - Reserve Bank of Australia
    Monetary policy statements, economic statistics, description of the payment system, information on banknotes, and other publications and research.
  • Bulgarian National Bank
    List of banks, money-supply statistics, and legal framework.
  • 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.
  • Armenia - Central Bank of Armenia
    About Armenia and the Central Bank, list of financial institutions, and money-supply statistics.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Malaysia - Bank Negara Malaysia
    Exchange controls, national data summary, press notices and a summary of Malaysian financial system.
  • 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.
  • Czech National Bank
    Legal function, monetary policy, banking supervision, payment systems, and economic and financial statistics.
  • Canada - Bank of Canada
    Press notices, economic information, explanation of inflation target and market operations, careers and economic research.
  • Hong Kong Monetary Authority
    Workings of its currency board, banking policy and supervision, debt market developments, HIBOR fixings and press releases.
  • 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.
  • Singapore - Monetary Authority of Singapore
    Directory of financial institutions, statutes and regulations, the "data room" of monetary information, and a licensing guide.
  • Bahrain Monetary Agency
    List of financial institutions, rules and regulations, money and banking statistics, annual report and quarterly bulletin.
  • Georgia - National Bank of Georgia
    Monetary policy and FX regime, acution details, the payment system, and restrictions on the export of currency.
  • Colombia - Bank of the Republic
    History, economic statistics, inflation and exchange rate reports, banking operations and regulations, and gold museum.
  • Faroe Islands - Governmental Bank of the Faroe Islands
    Accounts, external reserves, and information about the Faroe Islands economy.
  • Guatemala - Bank of Guatemala
    Economic information and statistics and contact information.
  • Egypt - Central Bank of Egypt
    Current FX rates, history of Egyptian money, and the latest annual report and quarterly economic review.
  • Jamaica - Bank of Jamaica
    Statistical digest, quarterly monetary policy report, and balance sheet.
  • 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.
  • Indonesia - Bank Indonesia
    Press releases, regulations including exchange controls, and monetary, economic and banking indicators.
  • 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.
  • Israel - Bank of Israel
    Semi-annual inflation reports, government bond auctions, and announcements relating to banking supervision.
  • Jordan - Central Bank of Jordan
    Law and organization structure.
  • Kuwait - Central Bank of Kuwait
    Purpose, exchange-rate policy, and monetary statistics.
  • Latvia - Bank of Latvia
    About the bank, its monetary policy, payment systems, laws, a history of Latvian money and balance sheets of credit institutions.
  • Zimbabwe - Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe
    FX in and outflows, supervision and surveillance annual reports, and monthly audited accounts.
  • Mexico - Bank of Mexico
    Monetary and exchange-rate policies, numismatic information and quarterly inflation reports.
  • South Korea - Bank of Korea
    Economic releases, FX system, chemical composition of coins, and a brief history of the Korean financial system.
  • 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.
  • Pakistan - State Bank of Pakistan
    IMF agreements, operation of monetary policy, Act and Charter.
  • Romania - National Bank of Romania
    Museum, economic and financial statistics, press releases, banking licences and regulations.
  • Bermuda Monetary Authority
    List of institutions, links, collectors notes and coins; about Bermuda, and how to form a Bermudan entity.
  • Yemen - Central Bank of Yemen
    Function and structure, branches, pictures of currency, balance sheet and FX rates.
  • Barbados - Central Bank of Barbados
    About the bank, Barbados links, and monetary policy.
  • Moldova - National Bank of Moldova
    Summary of the workings of the domestic debt market.
  • Netherlands Antilles - Central Bank Netherlands Antilles
    Lists of financial institutions, rules applicable to them, quarterly bulletins and annual reports, and Dutch-language job vacancies.
  • 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.
  • Slovakia - National Bank of Slovakia
    Annual Report, monetary and macroeconomic information, banking information, legislation and the Museum of Coins and Medals.
  • 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.
  • Zambia - Bank of Zambia
    Economic and financial data, BoZ publications and press releases.
  • Turkey - Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey
    History, structure, governing law, and financial and statistical data delivery system.
  • Macedonia - National Bank of the Republic of Macedonia
    Monetary policy mechanism, payment system, and exchange-control rules.
  • Mozambique - Bank of Mozambique
    History, financial and credit statistics, and MAIBOR rates.
  • Philippines - Central Bank of the Philippines
    Objectives, functions, calendar of economic releases, and a list of answers to FAQs about the peso's depreciation.
  • Trinidad and Tobago - Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago
    Economic commentary and outlook, monetary statistics, and daily inter-bank interest rates.
  • 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.
  • Brazil - Central Bank of Brasil
    Inflation reports, regulations, economic and statistical information, payment system, and history.
  • Peru - Central Reserve Bank of Peru
    Monetary operations, periodic and special reports, and facts about the BCRP.
  • Russia - Bank of Russia
    History, balance sheet, press notices, and data release calendar.
  • Argentina - Central Bank of the Argentine Republic
    Mission statement, and list of financial institutions.
  • Guyana - Bank of Guyana
    Banking, financial-sector and economic statistics, legal tender, legal and regulatory framework, press releases and contact information.
  • Aruba - Central Bank of Aruba
    History, legislation and decrees, and economic statistics.
  • Trans-Dniester Republican Bank
    History and press releases.
  • Lesotho - Central Bank of Lesotho
    Rural finance and credit scheme, central bank acts and exchange control orders.
  • Fiji - Reserve Bank of Fiji
    Working papers, regulatory framework, currency collectables, and a webcam giving the best view from any central bank.
  • Belarus - National Bank of the Republic of Belarus
    Background, monetary policy guidelines, and list of banks (both open and closed).
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Morocco - Bank Al-Maghrib
    Annual report and monetary statistics.
  • Ghana - Bank of Ghana
    History of the bank and contact information.
  • Solomon Islands - Central Bank of Solomon Islands
    Annual and quarterly reports, monthly economic bulletins, Currency collectibles, and tenders of Solomon Islands Government Treasury Bills.
  • India - Reserve Bank of India
    Information about monetary policy and operations, issues of government securities, financial and economic statistics, and the RBI museum.
  • Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency
    Currency museum, stock quotations and press releases.
  • Kazakhstan - National Bank of Kazakhstan
    Brief explanation of monetary policy, banknotes and coins, and daily FX quotations.
  • 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.
  • Nepal Rastra Bank
    Quarterly economic bulletin, basic economic indicators, information about the rural self-reliance fund and a history of Nepalese capital markets.
  • Oman - Central Bank of Oman
    About the bank and contact information, monthly and quarterly bulletins, and information about commemorative coins.
  • Sweden - Riksbanken
    Economic and financial data for Sweden, FX reserves, and information on government debt.
  • 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.
  • Samoa - Central Bank of Samoa
    Mission, annual reports and monetary surveys, and speeches.
  • Brunei Currency Board
    History, legislation, and currency statistics.
  • China - People's Bank of China
    Speeches, statistics, rules and regulations for and supervision of financial institutions.
  • Namibia - Bank of Namibia
    Balance sheet, payment system, exchange control rules, and announcements of auctions of government debt.
  • Mongolia - Bank of Mongolia
    Monthly bulletins, banking law, monetary statistics, history and banknotes.
  • Chile - Central Bank of Chile
    Origin and history and policy objectives.
  • Macau - Monetary Authority of Macau
    History, goals, structure, regulatory orders for banking and insurance, economic statistics and a list of commemorative coins.
  • 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.
  • Bahamas - Central Bank of The Bahamas
    Brief summary of monetary policy, foreign exchange regime and regulatory environment.
  • 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.
  • Albania - Bank of Albania
    Minutes of the meetings of the Supervisory Council.
  • Somaliland - Bank of Somaliland
    Also known as Baanka Somaliland; site has a list of departments, branches and directors.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Belize - Central Bank of Belize
    About the bank's mission and organizational structure, and some economic information.
  • Northern Cyprus - Central Bank of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
    Includes some of the main banking regulations and a list of banks.
  • Vanuatu - Reserve Bank of Vanuatu
    Includes a brief history, pictures of commemorative coins and information about the regulation of financial services.
  • Suriname - Centrale Bank van Suriname
    With pictures of items in the collection of The Numismatic Museum of the Centrale Bank van Suriname.
  • Bhutan - Royal Monetary Authority of Bhutan
    Describes the RMA's legal status, roles, and has the text of relevant laws.
  • Kyrgyzstan - National Bank of Kyrgyz Republic
    Legal staus, foreign exchange laws and monetary policy.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Gambia - Central Bank of The Gambia
    With information on foreign exchange, government securities, and the structure of the financial system.
  • Andorra - Institut Nacional Andorrà de Finances
    With information on the Andorran financial system in English, Spanish, French and Catalan.
  • El Salvador - Central Reserve Bank of El Salvador
    Structure of the financial system, monthly statistical bulletin, and mission statement.
  • 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.
  • Croatian National Bank
    List of banks, policy tools, regulations and legislation, economic and financial statistics, and information on coins and banknotes.
  • East Timor - Banking and Payments Authority of Timor-Leste
    Includes the balance sheet of the Autoridade Bancária e de Pagamentos de Timor-Leste.
  • Swaziland - Central Bank of Swaziland
    With an explanation of the central bank's mission, monetary surveys back to 1980, and bill tenders.
  • Estonia - Bank of Estonia
    Daily FX fixings, monetary policy framework, Estonian banking system, Estonian banknotes and coins, and papers on the EU accession process.
  • Liberia - Central Bank of Liberia
    Includes information on the check-clearing system.
  • Sierra Leone - Bank of Sierra Leone
    Includes banking guidelines for diamond exporters.
  • Tajikistan - National Bank of Tajikistan
    Banking and payments news in English, Russian and Tajik.
  • Rwanda - National Bank of Rwanda
    Information on bank supervision and monetary policy in English and French.
  • Botswana - Bank of Botswana
    Legislation, speeches, a list of financial institutions, and information on Pula-denominated government bonds.
  • Iran - Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran
    With information about the currency, the bank, and governing legislation.
  • Afghanistan - Da Afghanistan Bank
    With legal and other information about Afghanistan's central bank.
  • Venezuela - Banco Central de Venezuela
    Has some press releases and financial statements in English, and more content in Spanish.
  • 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.
  • Tonga - National Reserve Bank of Tonga
    With information on the law, bank supervision, government bonds, currency and numismatics.
  • 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.
  • Tunisia - Central Bank of Tunisia
    Currency museum, history of credit ratings, and steps towards full convertibility of the currency.
  • Laos - Bank of the Lao P.D.R.
    Includes current FX prices and information on the currency and legislation.
  • China - State Administration of Foreign Exchange
    Press notices from mainland China's FX management agent.
  • Kenya - Central Bank of Kenya
    Includes a weekly bulletin describing financial conditions.
  • Malawi - Reserve Bank of Malawi
    The publications including the minutes of the MPC meetings.
  • Sri Lanka - Central Bank of Sri Lanka
    Daily SLIBOR and exchange rates, monthly bulletin and prices at open market operations.
  • 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.
  • Bosnia - Central Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina
    Legislative structure, history, directories of banks and other associations, notes and coins, and statistical reports.
  • Ukraine - National Bank of Ukraine
    Law, financial statements, spheres of activity, and pictures of the banknotes.
  • Sudan - Bank of Sudan
    Economic indicators, spot FX, annual reports and contact details.
  • 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.
  • 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.

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