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central bank

noun

a bank, as the Federal Reserve Bank, that holds basic banking reserves, issues currency, and acts as lender of last resort and controller of credit.

central bank

noun

a national bank that does business mainly with a government and with other banks: it regulates the volume and cost of credit

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Word History and Origins

Origin of central bank¹

First recorded in 1920–25

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He reckons the central bank may have to step in more often to stabilise the currency.

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It's also likely to prompt renewed calls for a public inquiry into evidence of much larger interest rate "rigging" – ordered from the top of the financial system by central banks and governments worldwide.

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Deogratias Mutombo, the central bank's former governor, has also been sentenced to five years of forced labour in the same case and has not commented publicly on the ruling.

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Investors who buy bonds are mainly made up of financial institutions, ranging from pension funds to central banks such as the Bank of England.

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His comments were interpreted by some as an attack on the independence of the US central bank.

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