National Bank of North Macedonia
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The National Bank of the Republic of North Macedonia (NBRM; Macedonian: Народна банка на Република Северна Македонија; Albanian: Banka Popullore e Republikës së Maqedonisë së Veriut) is the central bank of North Macedonia. It is headquartered in the capital city of Skopje.
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| Headquarters | Skopje |
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| Established | 1946 |
| Ownership | 100% state ownership[1] |
| Governing body | National Bank Council |
| Governor | Anita Angelovska Bezhoska (since 2018) |
| Central bank of | North Macedonia |
| Currency | Macedonian denar MKD (ISO 4217) |
| Reserves | 2 230 billion USD[1] |
| Website | www |
Anita Angelovska Bezhoska has served as the Governor of the National Bank since 22 May 2018.[2] Prior to the Prespa Agreement, the National Bank was officially known as the National Bank of the Republic of Macedonia.
Functions
editThe National Bank performs the following functions:
- establish and conduct monetary policy;
- regulate liquidity in the international payments;
- establish and conduct the denar;
- handle and manage foreign exchange reserves;
- regulate the payment system;
- grant founding and operating license to a bank and a savings house and supervise the banks and savings houses;
- grant a licence for performing services of prompt money transfer and supervise the operations of the entities performing services of prompt money transfer in accordance with a law;
- grant operating licenses to foreign exchange bureaus and supervise their operations in accordance with the law;
- issue banknotes and coins;
- perform activities for the account of the central government and the government administration bodies.
Governors
edit- Borko Stanoevski, 1986–1997[3]
- Ljube Trpeski, 1997–2004[3]
- Petar Goshev, 2004–2011[3]
- Dimitar Bogov, May 2011 – May 2018[3]
- Anita Angelovska Bezhoska, 22 May 2018 – present
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Weidner, Jan (2017). "The Organisation and Structure of Central Banks" (PDF). Katalog der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek.
- ^ "Anita Angelovska Bezhoska assumes office of Governor of the NBRM". nbrm.mk. National Bank of the Republic of North Macedonia. 2018. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
- ^ a b c d "Speeches Previous Governors - content". www.nbrm.mk.
