central bank(n = noun.group) - a government monetary authority that issues currency and regulates the supply of credit and holds the reserves of other banks and sells new issues of securities for the government;
is a kind of financial institution, financial organisation, financial organization
has particulars: european central bank, fed, federal reserve, federal reserve system, frs, bank of england, bundesbank, bank of japan

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