List of central banks
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This is a list of central banks.
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[edit] Central banks by country or region
[edit] A
Afghanistan – Da Afghanistan Bank (د افغانستان بانک)
Albania – Bank of Albania (Banka e Shqipërisë)
Algeria – Bank of Algeria (Banque d'Algerie)
Angola – Central Bank of Angola (Banco Nacional de Angola)
Anguilla – see: Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States
Antigua and Barbuda – see: Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States
Argentina – Central Bank of Argentina (Banco Central de la República Argentina)
Armenia – Central Bank of Armenia (Հայաստանի Կենտրոնական Բանկ)
Aruba – Central Bank of Aruba (Centrale Bank van Aruba)[1]
Australia – Reserve Bank of Australia
Austria – see: European Union
Azerbaijan – National Bank of Azerbaijan (Azərbaycan Milli Bankı)
[edit] B
Bahamas – Central Bank of The Bahamas
Bahrain – Central Bank of Bahrain
Bangladesh – Bangladesh Bank
Barbados – Central Bank of Barbados
Belarus – National Bank of the Republic of Belarus (Национальный банк Республики Беларусь)
Belgium – see: European Union
Belize – Central Bank of Belize
Benin – see: West African Economic and Monetary Union
Bermuda – Bermuda Monetary Authority
Bhutan – Royal Monetary Authority of Bhutan
Bolivia – Central Bank of Bolivia (Banco Central de Bolivia)
Bosnia and Herzegovina – Central Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Centralna Banka Bosne i Hercegovine)
Botswana – Bank of Botswana
Brazil – Central Bank of Brazil (Banco Central do Brasil)
Brunei – Brunei Currency Board
Bulgaria – see: European Union
Burkina Faso – see: West African Economic and Monetary Union
Burundi – Bank of the Republic of Burundi (Banque de la République du Burundi)
[edit] C
Cambodia – National Bank of Cambodia
Cameroon – see: Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa
Canada – Bank of Canada (Banque du Canada)
Cape Verde – Bank of Cape Verde (Banco de Cabo Verde)
Cayman Islands – Cayman Islands Monetary Authority
Central African Republic – see: Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa- CFP franc – Overseas Issuing Institute (Institut d'émission d'Outre-Mer)
Chad – see: Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa
Chile – Central Bank of Chile (Banco Central de Chile)
China, People's Republic of – People's Bank of China (中国人民银行)
China, Republic of (Taiwan) – Central Bank of China (中央銀行)
Colombia – Bank of the Republic (Banco de la República)
Comoros – Central Bank of the Comoros (Banque Centrale des Comores)
Congo, Democratic Republic of – Central Bank of the Congo (Banque Centrale du Congo)
Congo, Republic of – see: Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa
Costa Rica – Central Bank of Costa Rica (Banco Central de Costa Rica)
Cote d'Ivoire – see: West African Economic and Monetary Union
Croatia – Croatian National Bank (Hrvatska narodna banka)
Cuba – Central Bank of Cuba (Banco Central de Cuba)
Cyprus – see: European Union[2]
Czech Republic – see: European Union
[edit] D
Denmark – see: European Union
Djibouti – Central Bank of Djibouti (Banque Centrale de Djibouti)
Dominica – see: Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States
Dominican Republic – Central Bank of the Dominican Republic (Banco Central de la República Dominicana)
[edit] E
- Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa – Bank of Central African States (Banque des États de l'Afrique Centrale, BEAC)
Ecuador – Central Bank of Ecuador (Banco Central del Ecuador)[3]
Egypt – Central Bank of Egypt
El Salvador – Central Reserve Bank of El Salvador (Banco Central de Reserva de El Salvador)[3]
Equatorial Guinea – see: Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa
Eritrea – Bank of Eritrea
Estonia – see: European Union
Ethiopia – National Bank of Ethiopia
European Union / European System of Central Banks
- Eurosystem – European Central Bank[4]
- Austria – Austrian National Bank (Oesterreichische Nationalbank)
- Belgium – National Bank of Belgium (Nationale Bank van België / Banque nationale de Belgique)
Finland – Bank of Finland (Suomen Pankki)
France – Bank of France (Banque de France)[5]
Germany – Federal Bank of Germany (Deutsche Bundesbank)
Greece – Bank of Greece (Τράπεζα της Ελλάδος)
Ireland – Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland (Banc Ceannais agus Údarás Seirbhísí Airgeadais na hÉireann)
Italy – Bank of Italy (Banca d'Italia)
Luxembourg – Central Bank of Luxembourg (Banque Centrale du Luxembourg)
Netherlands – Netherlands Bank (De Nederlandsche Bank)
Portugal – Bank of Portugal (Banco de Portugal)
Slovenia – Bank of Slovenia (Banka Slovenije)
Spain – Bank of Spain (Banco de España)
- Members of the European System of Central Banks, but not of the Eurosystem:
- Bulgaria – Bulgarian National Bank (Bálgarska Narodna Banka)
- Cyprus – Central Bank of Cyprus (Kεντρικη Τραπεζα της Κυπρου)[2]
- Czech Republic – Czech National Bank (Česká národní banka)
- Denmark – National Bank of Denmark (Danmarks Nationalbank)
- Estonia – Bank of Estonia (Eesti Pank)
Hungary – Hungarian National Bank (Magyar Nemzeti Bank)
Latvia – Bank of Latvia (Latvijas Banka)
Lithuania – Bank of Lithuania (Lietuvos Bankas)
Malta – Central Bank of Malta (Bank Ċentrali ta’ Malta)
Poland – National Bank of Poland (Narodowy Bank Polski)
Romania – National Bank of Romania (Banca Naţională a României)
Slovakia – National Bank of Slovakia (Národná banka Slovenska)
Sweden – Bank of Sweden (Sveriges Riksbank)[6]
United Kingdom – Bank of England
- Eurosystem – European Central Bank[4]
[edit] F
Fiji – Reserve Bank of Fiji- Finland – see: European Union
- France – see: European Union
French Polynesia – see: CFP franc
[edit] G
Gabon – see: Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa
Gambia – Central Bank of The Gambia- Germany – see: European Union
Georgia – National Bank of Georgia (საქართველოს ეროვნული ბანკი)
Ghana – Bank of Ghana- Greece – see: European Union
Grenada – see: Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States
Guatemala – Bank of Guatemala (Banco de Guatemala)
Guinea – Central Bank of the Republic of Guinea (Banque Centrale de la République de Guinée)
Guinea-Bissau – see: West African Economic and Monetary Union
Guyana – Bank of Guyana
[edit] H
Haiti – Bank of the Republic of Haiti (Banque de la République d'Haïti)
Honduras – Central Bank of Honduras (Banco Central de Honduras)-
Hong Kong – Hong Kong Monetary Authority (香港金融管理局)[7] - Hungary – see: European Union
[edit] I
Iceland – Central Bank of Iceland (Seðlabanki Íslands)
India – Reserve Bank of India
Indonesia – Bank Indonesia
Iran – Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran (بانک مرکزی جمهوری اسلامی ايران)
Iraq – Central Bank of Iraq (بنك العراق المركزي)- Ireland – see: European Union
Israel – Bank of Israel (בנק ישראל)- Italy – see: European Union
[edit] J
Jamaica – Bank of Jamaica
Japan – Bank of Japan (日本銀行)
Jordan – Central Bank of Jordan
[edit] K
Kazakhstan – National Bank of Kazakhstan (Қазақстан Ұлттық Банкі)
Kenya – Central Bank of Kenya
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of – Central Bank of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (조선민주주의인민공화국중앙은행)
Korea, Republic of – Bank of Korea (한국은행)
Kuwait – Central Bank of Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan – National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic (Кыргыз Республикасынын Улуттук Банкы)
[edit] L
Laos – Bank of the Lao P.D.R.- Latvia – see: European Union
Lebanon – Central Bank of Lebanon (مصرف لبنان)
Lesotho – Central Bank of Lesotho
Liberia – Central Bank of Liberia
Libya – Central Bank of Libya (مصرف ليبيا المركزي)- Lithuania – see: European Union
- Luxembourg – see: European Union
[edit] M
Macau – Monetary Authority of Macao (澳門金融管理局)[7]
Macedonia, Republic of – National Bank of the Republic of Macedonia (Народна банка на Република Македонија)
Madagascar – Central Bank of Madagascar (Banque Centrale de Madagascar)
Malawi – Reserve Bank of Malawi
Malaysia – Bank Negara Malaysia
Maldives – Maldives Monetary Authority
Mali – see: West African Economic and Monetary Union- Malta – see: European Union
Mauritania – Central Bank of Mauritania (Banque Centrale de Mauritanie)
Mauritius – Bank of Mauritius
Mexico – Bank of Mexico (Banco de México)
Moldova – National Bank of Moldova (Banca Naţională a Moldovei)[8]
Mongolia – Bank of Mongolia
Montenegro – Central Bank of Montenegro (Centralna Banka Crne Gore)
Montserrat – see: Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States
Morocco – Bank Al-Maghrib (بنك المغرب)
Mozambique – Bank of Mozambique (Banco de Moçambique)
Myanmar – Central Bank of Myanmar (မ္ရန္မာနုိင္ငံတော္ဗဟုိဘဏ္)
[edit] N
Namibia – Bank of Namibia
Nepal – Central Bank of Nepal (Nepal Rastra Bank)- Netherlands – see: European Union
Netherlands Antilles – Bank of the Netherlands Antilles (Bank van de Nederlandse Antillen)[1]- New Caledonia – see: CFP franc
New Zealand – Reserve Bank of New Zealand
Nicaragua – Central Bank of Nicaragua (Banco Central de Nicaragua)
Niger – see: West African Economic and Monetary Union
Nigeria – Central Bank of Nigeria
Norway – Bank of Norway (Norges Bank)
[edit] O
Oman – Central Bank of Oman
Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States – Eastern Caribbean Central Bank[9]
[edit] P
Pakistan – State Bank of Pakistan
Panama – National Bank of Panama (Banco Nacional de Panamá)
Papua New Guinea – Bank of Papua New Guinea
Paraguay – Central Bank of Paraguay (Banco Central del Paraguay)
Peru – Central Reserve Bank of Peru (Banco Central de Reserva del Perú)
Philippines – Central Bank of the Philippines (Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas)- Poland – see: European Union
- Portugal – see: European Union
[edit] Q
[edit] R
- Romania – see: European Union
Russia – Central Bank of the Russian Federation (Центральный банк Российской Федерации)
Rwanda – National Bank of Rwanda (Banque Nationale du Rwanda)
[edit] S
Saint Kitts and Nevis – see: Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States
Saint Lucia – see: Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines – see: Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States
Samoa – Central Bank of Samoa
San Marino – Central Bank of the Republic of San Marino (Banca Centrale della Repubblica di San Marino)
São Tomé and Príncipe – National Bank of São Tomé and Príncipe (Banco Nacional de São Tomé e Príncipe)
Saudi Arabia – Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency
Senegal – see: West African Economic and Monetary Union
Serbia – National Bank of Serbia (Народна банка Србије / Narodna banka Srbije)
Seychelles – Central Bank of Seychelles
Sierra Leone – Bank of Sierra Leone
Singapore – Monetary Authority of Singapore- Slovakia – see: European Union
- Slovenia – see: European Union
Solomon Islands – Central Bank of Solomon Islands
Somalia – Central Bank of Somalia (Bankiga Dhexe ee Soomaaliya)[10]
Somaliland – Bank of Somaliland (Baanka Somaliland)
South Africa – South African Reserve Bank- Spain – see: European Union
Sri Lanka – Central Bank of Sri Lanka
Sudan – Bank of Sudan
Suriname – Central Bank of Suriname (Centrale Bank van Suriname)
Swaziland – Central Bank of Swaziland- Sweden – see: European Union
Switzerland – Swiss National Bank (Schweizerische Nationalbank / Banque Nationale Suisse / Banca Nazionale Svizzera / Banca Naziunala Svizra)
Syria – Central Bank of Syria (مصرف سوري المركزي)
[edit] T
Tajikistan – National Bank of Tajikistan (Бонки миллии Тоҷикистон)
Tanzania – Bank of Tanzania
Thailand – Bank of Thailand (ธนาคารแห่งประเทศไทย)
Timor-Leste – Banking and Payments Office of Timor-Leste (Autoridade Bancária e de Pagamentos de Timor-Leste)
Togo – see: West African Economic and Monetary Union
Tonga – National Reserve Bank of Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago – Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia – Central Bank of Tunisia (Banque Centrale de Tunisie)
Turkey – Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey (Türkiye Cumhuriyet Merkez Bankası)
Turkmenistan – State Central Bank of Turkmenistan
[edit] U
Uganda – Bank of Uganda
Ukraine – National Bank of Ukraine (Національний банк України)
United Arab Emirates – Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates (مصرف الإمارات العربية المتحدة المركز)- United Kingdom – see: European Union
United States of America – Federal Reserve System
Uruguay – Central Bank of Uruguay (Banco Central del Uruguay)
Uzbekistan – Central Bank of the Republic of Uzbekistan (O'zbekiston Respublikasi Markaziy Banki / Ўзбекистон Республикаси Марказий Банки)
[edit] V
Vanuatu – Reserve Bank of Vanuatu
Vatican City – Institute for Religious Works (Istituto per le Opere di Religione)
Venezuela – Central Bank of Venezuela (Banco Central de Venezuela)
Vietnam – State Bank of Vietnam (Ngân hàng nhà nước Việt Nam)
[edit] W
- Wallis and Futuna – see: CFP franc
- West African Economic and Monetary Union – Central Bank of West African States (Banque Centrale des États de l'Afrique de l'Ouest, BCEAO)
[edit] Y
[edit] Z
[edit] Countries without central banks
[edit] References
- ^ a b Part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, but not of the EU.
- ^ a b As the Republic of Cyprus does not control the north of the island de facto, the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus has the Central Bank of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (Kuzey Kıbrıs Türk Cumhuriyeti Merkez Bankası)
- ^ a b central bank tracks the monetary policy of the Federal Reserve of the USA
- ^ European Central Bank sets all monetary policies, and so these banks in actuality, are only "offices" of the European Central Bank, in charge of implementing ECB decisions and policy..
- ^ excluding New Caledonia, Wallis and Futuna and French Polynesia, which use the CFP franc.
- ^ The world's oldest central bank.
- ^ a b A special administrative region
- ^
Transnistria has the Transnistrian Republican Bank (Приднестровский Республиканский Банк) - ^ Although the British Virgin Islands are members of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States, they do not use the Eastern Caribbean dollar as a de-facto currency.
- ^ Since the collapse of the political system in Somalia in 1991, it is unclear whether the Central Bank of Somalia is still operating. There is no active website and news about the bank is rare.
[edit] See also
- Central banks and currencies of Africa
- Central banks and currencies of the Caribbean
- Central banks and currencies of Central America and South America
Also should be noted:
- World Bank group – In a sense, the central investment bank of the world (long term loans).
- International Monetary Fund – Lender of last resort to countries short of liquidity (short term loans)
- 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
