Talk:List of central banks

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Vatican[edit]

Vatican's privileged Central Bank seems to be the so-called APSA, not the IOR. Enlist it, please. --95.245.155.208 (talk) 09:50, 10 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Central Bank of Colombia[edit]

Central Bank of Colombia (www.banrep.gov.co) is missing. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 67.171.68.81 (talk) 22:25, January 8, 2006 (UTC)

The Bank of the Republic (Colombia) has already been added. — Anunimportantperson (talk) 02:46, 6 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hong Kong and Macau[edit]

Recently, Hong Kong Monetary Authority and Monetary Authority of Macao have been repeatedly removed. They may not be central banks. But somebody in HK and Macau has to be in charge of responsibilities of the central bank. These two authorities are the closest institution for those functions. There are many other "monetary authorities" lists here too! --ChoChoPK (球球PK) (talk | contrib) 04:19, 19 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The primary concern is not over the names of the entities, or their responsibilities. Its the contention over whether these are officially designated as "central banks" by the central government, which they are not.--Huaiwei 04:27, 19 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

They are monetary authorities, aka. central banks, and this is not and is never a matter of debate. The problem with user:Huaiwei's edits was that, he initially tried to change the way Macau/o was spelt, disregarding the official English name of the Monetary Authority of Macao [1]. He also insists to present in a way that the two monetary authorities are subordinate to the People's Bank of China [2]. After he recognised he has failed to do so, he claims the two are not central banks, and attempted to remove them from the list [3] [4]. — Insta ntnood 08:19, 19 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I am aware of the edit history, and I agree with Instantnood. Let's come back to the current topic. After examining a few of Huaiwei's edit, I found that he/she has the tendency to make edits that implies that HK and Macau are mere cities of China, no different like, say, Wuhan. While I agree that HK and Macau are parts of China (just look at my userboxes), they are Special Administrative Regions. Under one country, two systems, they manage their own currencies. They have their own currencies, isn't that enough? In this sense, HKMA is the central bank of HK and MAM is the central bank of Macau. They don't answer to the central government in Beijing, nor the People's Bank of China. --ChoChoPK (球球PK) (talk | contrib) 08:53, 19 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks so much Chochopk for looking into the troubles. I'm afraid, however, that on Wikipedia facts are not for us to agree or disagree. We have to acknowledge actual facts anyway. And the fact is that Hong Kong and Macao are constitutionally stated to be " inalienable part[s] of the People's Republic of China ", and practically and in reality the People's Republic of China is exercising sovereignty over the two territories. Any editors' own personal views, ideologies, infoboxes, etc., are all irrelevant. — Insta ntnood 09:47, 19 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The central banks of Macao and Hong Kong have to be listed here. --McTrixie/Mr Accountable 15:39, 19 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

UK[edit]

Please don't add separate listings for each EU central bank. There is already a whole subsection for the Eurosystem and ESCB, including the Bank of England. Thewikipedian 17:22, 22 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Panamá[edit]

Panama has no central bank, its monetary policy is considered to be market-chosen. The bank listed is a regular bank that serves the public through savings accounts and the like; it does not have the same functions of a central bank. Someone should check into this and make the appropriate corrections. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.226.58.39 (talk) 16:55, 1 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

That is correct; see also http://www.mises.org/story/2533--Libertydutch 22:10, 27 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Government owned and privately owned[edit]

I suggest we include mentions of whether the Central Banks of specific nations are privately owned or owned by the government. What do all of you think? --Pavithran 08:32, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Vatican City has a privileged Central Bank named APSA. Please enlist it. Thanks. --95.245.155.208 (talk) 09:41, 10 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Founding date[edit]

How about adding information regarding the date (or year) the bank was founded? --ES Vic (talk) 10:23, 8 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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