Central Bank

A central bank is a national financial institution that manages a country's currency, money supply, and interest rates. It typically acts as the government's bank, the banker for commercial banks, and the sole authority to issue currency.

Why it’s in the news: Central banks are in the news due to their evolving roles in managing gold reserves, adopting new technology, regulating cryptocurrency, and adjusting monetary policy in response to economic conditions.

Latest on Central Bank

• Singapore adds lustre to bullion hub with gold vault service for central banks
• Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago selects CRT SupTech platform
• Chinese central bank’s pledge to probe Solana snuffs out hopes crypto crackdown is easing
• BOJ to hike in December, seek terminal rate of 2%, says ex-central bank top economist
• Meet the man building Somalia's Central Bank from the ground up
• New Zealand’s central bank registers Revolut as the country’s 27th bank
• Coins.ph, the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the Philippines, faces potential regulatory action from the country's central bank.
• RBA's Hunter says AI has yet to deliver productivity boost, trigger job losses

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