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  2. Central bank - Wikipedia

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    Macroeconomics. A central bank, reserve bank, national bank, or monetary authority is an institution that manages the currency and monetary policy of a country or monetary union. [1] In contrast to a commercial bank, a central bank possesses a monopoly on increasing the monetary base.

  3. China central bank releases slate of support measures amid a ...

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    The official policy announcements will be published on the central bank’s website, Pan added, without specifying exactly when. China’s 10-year government bond yield hit a record low of 2% amid ...

  4. Federal Reserve - Wikipedia

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    The Federal Reserve System (often shortened to the Federal Reserve, or simply the Fed) is the central banking system of the United States.It was created on December 23, 1913, with the enactment of the Federal Reserve Act, after a series of financial panics (particularly the panic of 1907) led to the desire for central control of the monetary system in order to alleviate financial crises.

  5. List of central banks - Wikipedia

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    Central Bank Name Currency Currency Share Percentage of Global Allocated Reserves in Q4 2022 (%) Central Bank Governor Native Name of Central Bank Establishment United States: Federal Reserve: United States dollar: 58.36 Jerome Powell: 1913 European Union: European Central Bank: Euro: 20.47 Christine Lagarde: 1998 Japan: Bank of Japan: Japanese ...

  6. Bank of England - Wikipedia

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    The Bank of England is the central bank of the United Kingdom and the model on which most modern central banks have been based. Established in 1694 to act as the English Government 's banker and debt manager, and still one of the bankers for the Government of the United Kingdom, it is the world's eighth-oldest bank.

  7. Federal Reserve Bank - Wikipedia

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    A Federal Reserve Bank is a regional bank of the Federal Reserve System, the central banking system of the United States. There are twelve in total, one for each of the twelve Federal Reserve Districts that were created by the Federal Reserve Act of 1913. [1] The banks are jointly responsible for implementing the monetary policy set forth by ...

  8. China central bank says to cut reserve requirements, interest ...

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    BEIJING (Reuters) -China's central bank will cut banks' reserve requirement ratio by 50 basis points and further reduce key interest rates to support a recovery in prices, its governor Pan ...

  9. List of sovereign states by central bank interest rates

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    Retrieved 18 September 2024. ^ "Policy Rates". Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Retrieved 20 July 2024. ^ "The Monetary Committee decides on January 1, 2024 to reduce the interest rate by 0.25% to 4.5%". Bank of Israel. 1 January 2024. ^ "Monetary Policy Decisions & Schedule". Bank of Jamaica.