For anyone needing to do business with central banks or understand modern central banking, not to mention the central bankers themselves, a copy of the Directory is indispensable.

The Central Bank Directory remains unchallenged as the only provider of comprehensive, accurate and up-to-date information on all the central banks in a single manageable volume.

Individual entries feature a factual profile of each of the world’s central banks, European national central banks and regional Federal Reserves as well as central banks’ representative offices.

The Directory expertly guides the user through the changing world of central banking to enable them to go quickly to the information they require.

Each entry lists the decision-makers for key institutional functions such as risk management, reserve management, payment systems, financial stability, supervision, IT, legal risk, audit, communications and personnel.

For over two decades central bankers and those who work with them have depended on the Central Bank Directory as an unrivalled source of reliable information on the central banks. It is renowned for its accuracy and its usability.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
The Directory features:

• More contact details than ever before: email addresses, website, telephone, fax, address etc…
• Comprehensive information on heads of key departments
• Staff numbers
• Governors’ terms
• A brief overview of each central bank’s role and responsibilities
• Representative offices
• A concise history of the central bank
• Past governors
• The Central Bank Directory also includes a set of up-to-date comparative tables offering a clear overview of the central banking world.

Tables include:

• Gold and foreign exchange reserves
• Newly appointed governors
• Year of establishment
• Central banks ranked by staff numbers
• Changes in staff numbers
• Staff ratio to population
• Governors’ terms of office