The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is India’s central banking institution‚ which controls the monetary policy of the Indian rupee. It was established on 1 April 1935 during the British Raj in accordance with the provisions of the Reserve Bank of India Act‚ 1934 Main functions Bank of Issue Under Section 22 of the Reserve Bank of India Act‚ the Bank has the sole right to issue bank notes of all denominations. The distribution of one rupee notes and coins and small coins all over the country
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Federal Reserve Bank of New York Staff Reports Shadow Banking Zoltan Pozsar Tobias Adrian Adam Ashcraft Hayley Boesky Staff Report No. 458 July 2010 Revised February 2012 FRBNY Staff REPORTS This paper presents preliminary findings and is being distributed to economists and other interested readers solely to stimulate discussion and elicit comments. The views expressed in this paper are those of the authors and are not necessarily reflective of views at the Federal Reserve
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The Bank of Korea (BOK) is the central bank of South Korea and issuer of South Korean won. It was established on June 12‚ 1950 atSeoul‚ South Korea. The Bank’s primary purpose is price stability. For that‚ the Bank targets inflation. The 2010–12 target is consumer price inflation of 3.0 ± 1%. ------------------------------------------------- History The Bank of Korea was established on June 12‚ 1950 under the Bank of Korea Act. Following liberation on August 15‚ 1945‚ the Korean economy was
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What is the bank lending channel of monetary policy? Should we expect quantitative easing to give rise to a bank lending channel? Introduction The global financial crisis that followed the infamous collapse of Lehman Brothers in 2008 shook the very roots of the modern financial world. As a result‚ central banks across the globe were forced to re-evaluate and introduce new strategies in order to neutralise the damaging effects this crisis could potentially have had‚ and this process continues to
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Functions of Reserve Bank of India The Reserve Bank of India Act of 1934 entrust all the important functions of a central bank the Reserve Bank of India. Bank of Issue Under Section 22 of the Reserve Bank of India Act‚ the Bank has the sole right to issue bank notes of all denominations. The distribution of one rupee notes and coins and small coins all over the country is undertaken by the Reserve Bank as agent of the Government. The Reserve Bank has a separate Issue Department which is
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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is India’s central banking institution‚ which controls the monetary policy of the Indian rupee. It was established on 1 April 1935 during the British Raj in accordance with the provisions of the Reserve Bank of India Act‚ 1934.[2] The share capital was divided into shares of ₹100 each fully paid which was entirely owned by private shareholders in the beginning.[3] Following India’s independence in 1947‚ the RBI was nationalised in the year 1949. The RBI plays an important
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the Reserve Bank reduced the policy repo rate by 25 basis points and indicated that ““Key to further easing are data that confirm continuing disinflationary pressures. Also critical would be sustained high quality fiscal consolidation…”.While maintaining the interest rate stance in its sixth bimonthly monetary policy statement of February 3 in the absence of new developments on inflation or on the fiscal outlook till then‚ the Reserve Bank indicated that
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EVOLUTION OF BANKS IN PAKISTAN There are different opinions that how the word ‘Bank’ originated. Some of the author’s opinion that this word is derived from the word ‘Bancus’ or Banque’‚ which means a bench. The explanation of this origin is attributed to the fact that the Jews in Lombard transacted the business of money exchange on benches in the market place; and when the business failed‚ the people destroyed the ‘bench’. Incidentally the word ‘Bankrupt’s said to have evolved from this practice
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INTRODUCTION The National Bank of Pakistan is a Commercial Bank and transacts all types of Banking Business. The National Bank of Pakistan was established on November 29‚ 1949 as a semi public commercial bank. The Bank has the distinction of acting agent of the State Bank of Pakistan and operates treasuries where the State Bank of Pakistan does not have any office. The Head Office of the Bank is at Karachi. Ever since its establishment in 1949 it has been leading Commercial Bank of the nation‚ sole
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industry in Bangladesh The commercial banking system dominates Bangladesh’s financial sector. Bangladesh Bank is the Central Bank of Bangladesh and the chief regulatory authority in the sector. The banking system is composed of four state-owned commercial banks‚ five specialized development banks‚ thirty private commercial Banks and nine foreign commercial banks. The Nobel-prize winning Grameen Bank is a specialized micro-finance institution‚ which revolutionized the concept of micro-credit and contributed
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