Central Bank
18 entries
Bank of England
Founded in 1694 to raise money for King William IIIs war against France. The Bank of England is the ...
Sveriges Riksbank
The worlds oldest central bank, founded in 1668 as Riksens Stnders Bank. Originally established to i...
Banque de France
Founded by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1800 to stabilize the French economy after the Revolutionary assign...
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
The most powerful of the 12 Federal Reserve Banks. The New York Fed implements monetary policy throu...
European Central Bank
Established on June 1, 1998, in Frankfurt to manage the euro and monetary policy for the eurozone. T...
Bank of Japan
Founded in 1882 after the Meiji Restoration to stabilize the Japanese currency and financial system....
Peoples Bank of China
Founded in 1948 as the central bank of the Peoples Republic of China, established before the PRC its...
Bank al-Maghrib
The central bank of Morocco, established in 1907 after the Algeciras Conference. Originally the Stat...
Reserve Bank of Australia
The Reserve Bank of Australia was established in 1960, separating central banking from the Commonwea...
Bank of Canada
Founded in 1935 as a private corporation, nationalized in 1938. The Bank of Canada managed Canadas f...
Reserve Bank of India
Established on April 1, 1935, under the Reserve Bank of India Act of 1934. The RBI was privately own...
Bank of Mexico
Founded in 1925 under President Plutarco Elias Calles. The Bank of Mexico issued the peso and manage...
Bank for International Settlements
The BIS, founded in Basel in 1930, is the central bank for central banks. Originally created to mana...
Norges Bank
The central bank of Norway, founded in 1816 after Norway separated from Denmark. Norges Bank manages...
Swiss National Bank
Founded in 1907, the Swiss National Bank conducts monetary policy for Switzerland. The SNB maintaine...
Czech National Bank
Established on January 1, 1993, after the dissolution of Czechoslovakia. The CNB inherited the Czech...
Saudi Central Bank
Originally the Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency, founded in 1952. The agency was established to stabili...
Bank of Thailand
The Bank of Thailand was established in 1942. The BOT managed the Thai baht and supervised Thai bank...