Although officially state owned in most countries, the
central bank is an autonomous entity responsible for the stability of the national
currency (
see also money) and the national financial system as a whole. Furthermore it implements the country's
monetary policy, which is often in conflict with the govenment's fiscal measures. Other duties might include providing financial services to governments (eg. storing other countries' monetary reserves) and supervising of banking institutions (eg. in the case of mergers and acquisitions) in order to protect the consumers.
Below is a list of several central banks and their countries:
see also
Macroeconomics
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