National Bank of North Macedonia

The National Bank of the Republic of North Macedonia (NBRM; Macedonian: Народна банка на Република Северна Македонија; Albanian: Banka Popullore e Republikës së Maqedonisë së Veriut) is the central bank of North Macedonia. It is headquartered in the capital city of Skopje.

National Bank of North Macedonia
Народна банка на Република Северна Македонија
Banka Popullore e Republikës së Maqedonisë së Veriut

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Headquarters
Headquarters	Skopje
Established	1946
Ownership	100% state ownership[1]
Governing body	National Bank Council
Governor	Anita Angelovska Bezhoska (since 2018)
Central bank of	North Macedonia
Currency	Macedonian denar MKD (ISO 4217)
Reserves	2 230 billion USD[1]
Website	www.nbrm.mk

Anita Angelovska Bezhoska [mk] has served as the Governor of the National Bank since 22 May 2018.^[2] Prior to the Prespa Agreement, the National Bank was officially known as the National Bank of the Republic of Macedonia.

Functions

The National Bank performs the following functions:

• establish and conduct monetary policy;
• regulate liquidity in the international payments;
• establish and conduct the denar;
• handle and manage foreign exchange reserves;
• regulate the payment system;
• grant founding and operating license to a bank and a savings house and supervise the banks and savings houses;
• grant a licence for performing services of prompt money transfer and supervise the operations of the entities performing services of prompt money transfer in accordance with a law;
• grant operating licenses to foreign exchange bureaus and supervise their operations in accordance with the law;
• issue banknotes and coins;
• perform activities for the account of the central government and the government administration bodies.

Governors

• Borko Stanoevski, 1986–1997^[3]
• Ljube Trpeski [mk], 1997–2004^[3]
• Petar Goshev [mk], 2004–2011^[3]
• Dimitar Bogov, May 2011 – May 2018^[3]
• Anita Angelovska Bezhoska [mk], 22 May 2018 – present

See also

• Economy of North Macedonia
• List of banks in North Macedonia
• List of central banks
• Macedonian denar

References

1. Weidner, Jan (2017). "The Organisation and Structure of Central Banks" (PDF). Katalog der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek.
2. "Anita Angelovska Bezhoska assumes office of Governor of the NBRM". nbrm.mk. National Bank of the Republic of North Macedonia. 2018. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
3. "Speeches Previous Governors - content". www.nbrm.mk.

External links

• Official website

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