Národná banka Slovenska

National Bank of Slovakia
Národná banka Slovenska (Slovak)

NBS Office Tower in Bratislava

Headquarters

Bratislava

Established

1 January 1993

President

Jozef Makúch

Central bank of

Slovakia

Website

www.nbs.sk

Succeeded by

European Central Bank (2009)¹

¹Národná banka Slovenska still exists but many functions have been taken over by the ECB.

National Bank of Slovakia (Slovak: Národná banka Slovenska, NBS), is the central bank of Slovakia, which is a member of the European Union and the European System of Central Banks. Since 1 January 2009, it has also been a member of Eurosystem.

1 History
2 Headquarters
3 See also
4 External links

History

It is an independent institution, whose basic goal is to hold price stability. It was created on 1 January 1993.

Authorised by the Slovak Government, the Bank represents Slovakia in international financial institutions and in international money market transactions related to monetary policy performance.

The supreme governing body of the National Bank of Slovakia is the Bank Board, which formulates monetary policy, applies appropriate instruments, and rules on monetary measures. It is composed of the Governor and two Vice-Governors, who are appointed and dismissed by the President of Slovakia and other eight members, who are appointed and dismissed by the Slovak government following the proposal of the Governor. As many as three members of the Bank Board are not required to be in a working relationship with the NBS.

Since 1 January 2010 the head of the National Bank of Slovakia has been Doc. Ing. Jozef Makuch, PhD. He was appointed the Governor by the President of Slovakia on 1 January 2010.

Headquarters

The headquarters office building of the National Bank of Slovakia was opened on 23 May 2002 in Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia. At a height of 111.6 metres and with 33 floors it is one of the highest buildings in Bratislava. It has 9 regional branches and it is superior to all the banks in Slovakia.

External links

Commons has media related to National Bank of Slovakia.

National Bank of Slovakia official site

Central banks

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Oceania	Reserve Bank of Australia Reserve Bank of Fiji Reserve Bank of New Zealand Bank of Papua New Guinea Central Bank of Samoa Central Bank of Solomon Islands National Reserve Bank of Tonga

Policies and implementation

Policies	Capital requirement Contractionary monetary policy Expansionary monetary policy

Implementation	Capital control Discount rate Interest rates Money creation Open market operations Sovereign wealth fund

Bretton Woods system

International Monetary Fund World Bank Group International Bank for Reconstruction and Development International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes International Development Association International Finance Corporation Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency

Lists

List of central banks Central banks and currencies of Africa Central banks and currencies of the Caribbean Central banks and currencies of Central America and South America

Names in italics indicate non-sovereign (dependent) territories, former countries, or states with limited recognition

v t e Central banks of the European Union

Within Eurozone	National Bank of Austria National Bank of Belgium Central Bank of Cyprus Bank of Estonia Bank of Finland Banque de France Deutsche Bundesbank Bank of Greece Central Bank of Ireland Banca d'Italia Central Bank of Luxembourg Central Bank of Malta De Nederlandsche Bank Banco de Portugal National Bank of Slovakia Bank of Slovenia Bank of Spain

Outside Eurozone	Bulgarian National Bank Croatian National Bank Czech National Bank Danmarks Nationalbank Hungarian National Bank National Bank of Latvia Bank of Lithuania National Bank of Poland National Bank of Romania Sveriges Riksbank Bank of England

Banking-related EU institutions	European Central Bank European System of Central Banks European Investment Bank

Central banks European Union

v t e National banks of Europe

Sovereign states	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Kazakhstan Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Monaco Montenegro Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia San Marino Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales

States with limited recognition	Abkhazia Kosovo Nagorno-Karabakh Northern Cyprus South Ossetia Transnistria

Dependencies and other territories	Åland Faroe Islands Gibraltar Guernsey Jersey Isle of Man Svalbard

Coordinates: 48°09′12″N 17°06′54″E / 48.15333°N 17.11500°E / 48.15333; 17.11500

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Národná banka Slovenska