List of central banks
Appearance
This is a list of central banks.
Central banks by alphabetical order
[edit]This is a list of central banks. Countries that are only partially recognized internationally are marked with an asterisk (*).
Major central banks by currency allocation percentage of worldwide foreign exchange reserves
[edit]Source: World Currency Composition of Official Foreign Exchange Reserves, International Monetary Fund[1]
Country name | 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 yen | 5.51 | Kazuo Ueda | 日本銀行 / Nippon Ginkō | 1882 |
United Kingdom | Bank of England | Pound sterling | 4.95 | Andrew Bailey | 1694 | |
China | People's Bank of China | Renminbi | 2.69 | Pan Gongsheng | 中国人民銀行 / Zhōngguó Rénmín Yínháng | 1948 |
Canada | Bank of Canada | Canadian dollar | 2.38 | Tiff Macklem | Banque du Canada | 1935 |
Australia | Reserve Bank of Australia | Australian dollar | 1.96 | Michele Bullock | 1960 | |
Switzerland | Swiss National Bank | Swiss franc | 0.23 | Thomas Jordan | Schweizerische Nationalbank / Banque Nationale Suisse / Banca Nazionale Svizzera / Banca Naziunala Svizra | 1906 |
Former central banking jurisdictions
[edit]- City of Amsterdam – Bank of Amsterdam (1609–1791)[2]
- City of Barcelona – Taula de canvi de Barcelona (1401–1714)[2]
- British East Africa – East African Currency Board (1919–1966)
- Independent State of Croatia – Croatian State Bank (Hrvatska Državna Banka, 1941–1945)
- Czechoslovakia – National Bank of Czechoslovakia (1926–1939 and 1945–1950) and State Bank of Czechoslovakia (1950–1992)
- Free City of Frankfurt – Frankfurter Bank (1854–1875)
- Republic of Genoa – Bank of Saint George (1407–1805)[2]
- German Democratic Republic – Deutsche Notenbank (1948–1968) and Staatsbank der DDR (1968–1990)
- Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg – Hamburger Bank (1619–1875)[2]
- Korea under Japanese and American rule – Bank of Chōsen (1909–1950)
- Manchukuo – Central Bank of Manchou (1932–1945)
- General Government – Bank of Issue in Poland (1940–1945)
- Kingdom of Prussia – Prussian Royal Bank (1765–1846) and Bank of Prussia (1847–1875)
- Kingdom of Sardinia – Banca Nazionale negli Stati Sardi (1849–1861), itself formed through the merger of Banca di Genova (1846–1849) and Banca di Torino (1847–1849)
- South Vietnam – National Bank of Vietnam (1954–1975)
- Kingdom of the Two Sicilies – Banco di Napoli, under different names from 1463 to final end of central banking role in 1926[2]
- Grand Duchy of Tuscany – Banca di Firenze (1816–1893), renamed National Tuscan Bank from 1857
- Soviet Union – People's Bank (1917–1922) and Gosbank (1922–1991)
- Republic of Venice – Banco del Giro (1524–1806)[2]
- Yugoslavia – National Bank of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (1920–1929), National Bank of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1929–1941), and National Bank of Yugoslavia (1946-2003)
See also
[edit]- Central banks and currencies of Africa
- Central banks and currencies of the Caribbean
- Central banks and currencies of Central America and South America
- Central banks and currencies of Europe
- List of currencies
- International Monetary Fund – Lender of last resort to countries short of liquidity
- Bank for International Settlements – an international organisation which fosters international monetary and financial cooperation and serves as a bank for central banks.