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What's brilliant about the United States system of government is separation of power. Not only the executive, legislative, judicial branches, but also the independence of the military from civilians, an independent media and press, an independent central bank.
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Meaning of "central bank" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CENTRAL BANK

central bank play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CENTRAL BANK

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Central bank is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CENTRAL BANK MEAN IN ENGLISH?

central bank

Central bank

A central bank, reserve bank, or monetary authority is an institution that manages a state's currency, money supply, and interest rates. Central banks also usually oversee the commercial banking system of their respective countries. In contrast to a commercial bank, a central bank possesses a monopoly on increasing the amount of money in the nation, and usually also prints the national currency, which usually serves as the nation's legal tender. Examples include the European Central Bank and the Federal Reserve of the United States. The primary function of a central bank is to manage the nation's money supply, through active duties such as managing interest rates, setting the reserve requirement, and acting as a lender of last resort to the banking sector during times of bank insolvency or financial crisis. Central banks usually also have supervisory powers, intended to prevent bank runs and to reduce the risk that commercial banks and other financial institutions engage in reckless or fraudulent behavior. Central banks in most developed nations are institutionally designed to be independent from political interference.

Definition of central bank in the English dictionary

The definition of central bank in the dictionary is a national bank that does business mainly with a government and with other banks: it regulates the volume and cost of credit.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CENTRAL BANK

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Central Asia
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central casting
Central Committee
Central Daylight Time
Central Europe
Central European
Central European Time
central government
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Central India Agency
Central Intelligence Agency
Central Karoo
Central Karroo
central limit theorem
central locking
central locking device
central nervous system

WORDS THAT END LIKE CENTRAL BANK

angle of bank
bad bank
bank
blood bank
break the bank
chartered bank
commercial bank
data bank
development bank
fog bank
investment bank
land bank
laugh all the way to the bank
memory bank
national bank
piggy bank
reserve bank
river bank
savings bank
state bank
universal bank

Synonyms and antonyms of central bank in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «central bank» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CENTRAL BANK

Find out the translation of central bank to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of central bank from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «central bank» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

央行
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

banco central
570 millions of speakers

English

central bank
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

केंद्रीय बैंक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

البنك المركزي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

центральный банк
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

banco central
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কেন্দ্রীয় ব্যাংক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

banque centrale
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bank pusat
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Zentralbank
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

中央銀行
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

중앙 은행
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Bank sentral
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ngân hàng trung ương
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மத்திய வங்கி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

केंद्रीय बँक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Merkez Bankası
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

banca centrale
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

bank centralny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

центральний банк
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

banca centrală
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κεντρική τράπεζα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

sentrale bank
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

centralbank
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sentralbanken
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of central bank

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CENTRAL BANK»

The term «central bank» is very widely used and occupies the 20.474 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CENTRAL BANK» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about central bank

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9 QUOTES WITH «CENTRAL BANK»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word central bank.
1
Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair
Banks are concerned the central bank is imposing too many regulations. If the trend continues, we'll swing to heavy regulation. We need to have balanced regulation to encourage the economy.
2
Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair
In the U.A.E. we were the least-regulated environment in the region, and over time we are seeing more and more regulation coming in. On the other hand, a central bank can overregulate and choke the economy, and then we will have a dead banking industry.
3
Traian Basescu
Even the National Bank of Romania doesn't have the huge resources needed to intervene in the market and keep the leu at an acceptable level, because they're drawing close to a floor below which the bank's reserves can't drop. The central bank has to wait for a moment of calm to efficiently conduct its interventions.
4
Ben Bernanke
The central bank needs to be able to make policy without short term political concerns.
5
Toshihiko Fukui
However, in spite of the general perception that monetary policy should be conducted so as to avert deflation, a central bank cannot lower interest rates below the zero lower bound.
6
Luis de Guindos
I don't think I've been too optimistic. The government believes the contraction will be around 1.5 per cent, as the central bank said. However, we're waiting to see the Commission estimate.
7
Feisal Abdul Rauf
What's brilliant about the United States system of government is separation of power. Not only the executive, legislative, judicial branches, but also the independence of the military from civilians, an independent media and press, an independent central bank.
8
Janet Yellen
The principle that a central bank, charged with controlling inflation, should be independent from the government is unassailable. It may also be true that it's easier for the central bank to guard its independence from political pressure when it mainly holds government securities.
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Janet Yellen
I'm just opposed to a pure inflation-only mandate in which the only thing a central bank cares about is inflation and not employment.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CENTRAL BANK»

Discover the use of central bank in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to central bank and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Central Banking in Theory and Practice
This book deals with a variety of issues in monetary policy, including the goals of monetary policy, the choice of monetary instrument, the rule-versus-discretion debate, suggested remedies for the alleged problem of inflationary bias, & ...
Alan S. Blinder, 1999
2
Central Bank Strategy, Credibility, and Independence: Theory ...
Alex Cukierman is well known for his work on central bank behavior. This book brings together a large body of Cukierman's research and integrates it with recent developments in the political economy of monetary policy.
Alex Cukierman, 1992
3
The Central Bank and the Financial System
This book brings together twenty-one of his previously published articles dealing with the changing functions of central banks over time, recent efforts to maintain price stability, and debates over specific financial regulation proposals ...
Charles Albert Eric Goodhart, 1995
4
The European Central Bank: Institutional Aspects
This work's critical, in-depth analysis; its thought provoking conclusions and summaries of problematic issues; and its clear, grounded structure all make it a particularly useful, scholarly examination of an important development in ...
René Smits, 1997
5
Central Bank Independence, Targets, and Credibility: ...
This book integrates new political and economic elements into the analysis of monetary policy credibility and central bank independence.
Francesco Lippi, 1999
6
Bankers, Bureaucrats, and Central Bank Politics: The Myth of ...
Adolph illustrates the policy differences between central banks run by former bankers relative to those run by bureaucrats.
Christopher Adolph, 2013
7
Central Bank Independence: Cultural Codes and Symbolic ...
By engaging in an ethnography of the social text of German, European and USA monetary affairs, this book introduces a new analytical framework that will enable those, particularly within sociology, economics, political economy, and ...
Carlo Tognato, 2012
8
Central Bank Independence, Accountability, and ...
In the context of the current global financial crisis, where central banks have taken a key role in preserving systemic stability, this book brings together the three pillars of central bank governance and provides a joint analysis of ...
Mr. Bernard Laurens, Jean-François Segalotto, Mr. Marco Arnone, 2009
9
The Alchemists: Three Central Bankers and a World on Fire
In The Alchemists, Washington Post reporter Neil Irwin presents the truly global story of the central bankers’ role in the world economy that we have been missing.
Neil Irwin, 2013
10
Central Bank Autonomy: The Federal Reserve System in ...
Central bank autonomy is not a serious threat for members of Congress, as they independently develop a number of federal credit programs to counteract the consequences of monetary policy choices for particular sectors of the economy ...
J. Kevin Corder, 1998

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CENTRAL BANK»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term central bank is used in the context of the following news items.
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European Central Bank Holds Key to Greece's Future
FRANKFURT—A looming bond payment by Greece to the European Central Bank is emerging as the potentially decisive event in the country's ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
2
UPDATE 2-Kenya central bank announces surprise rate hike to 11.5 …
Although the hike could curb economic growth, analysts said the central bank needed to tackle strong demand and credit growth that was ... «Reuters, Jul 15»
3
Record Toronto home sales highlight central bank rate puzzle
Toronto home sales rallied to a record for the third-straight month, underscoring the conundrum the central bank faces as some economists ... «bnn.ca, Jul 15»
4
China's central bank injects $8.2bn to sooth market collapse
The People's Bank of China injected $8.2 billion into the money market on Tuesday, the 4th consecutive injection since June 25, Xinhua reports ... «RT, Jul 15»
5
Oz central bank keeps rate at record low
Governor Glenn Stevens said the central bank kept its benchmark rate at a record low to support borrowing and spending, and against a ... «New Zealand Herald, Jul 15»
6
Vietnam central bank taking over another troubled lender
Earlier this year the central bank took over loss-making Vietnam Construction Bank and assigned Vietcombank, the nation's top lender by ... «Reuters, Jul 15»
7
Patrick Njoroge: Kenya's new Central Bank governor turns down …
He was offered a fleet of cars, the latest phone and a mansion in Nairobi's most exclusive area, but Kenya's new Central Bank governor, ... «The Independent, Jul 15»
8
Former IMF Economist Veerathai to Head Thai Central Bank
The decision to appoint the central bank's youngest leader in four decades will be welcomed by investors, said Pakorn Peetathawatchai, ... «Bloomberg, Jul 15»
9
Russia central bank says BRICS FX pool won't shrink Russian …
Elvira Nabiullina, the Russian central bank's governor, described the pool being created by the group of emerging economies as an "insurance ... «Reuters, Jul 15»
10
European Central Bank's Nowotny: If Greece Misses Payment …
VIENNA—The European Central Bank will be forced to cut off liquidity to Greece should the Mediterranean country miss its July 20 deadline to ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»

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