Bank that directs and coordinates the functioning of the entire financial system of a state. It defines and executes monetary policy, issues currency, maintains the country’s reserves, and controls capital movement with the outside world. It acts as a bank of banks, lender of last resort of financial inflows, and the banks in a territory keep their reserves and mandatory coefficients in it. It acts as the Treasury Bank for all purposes and regulates the financial system.
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