Central Bank of Brazil
| Headquarters | Brasília , Federal District do Brasil , Brazil |
| founding | December 31, 1964 |
| Governor | Roberto Campos Neto |
| country | Brazil |
| currency | |
| ISO 4217 | BRL |
| Currency reserves | US $ 366.4 billion (November 2019) |
| printer | Casa da Moeda, Santa Cruz |
| Website | |
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The Banco Central do Brasil (BCB) is the Central Bank of Brazil and was founded on December 31, 1964 by decree of Law no. 4595th The BCB is a Brazilian federal agency and reports to the Ministério da Fazenda (Ministry of Finance).
The central bank is integrated in the national financial system and linked to the Ministry of Finance . Like other central banks around the world, the BCB is the leading authority responsible for monitoring the monetary stability of the local currency, the real . The BCB receives powers from three different institutions: from the superintendent of money and credit, the Superintendência da Moeda e do Crédito, (SUMOC) , the Banco do Brasil and the tax authorities .
On February 28, 2019, Roberto Campos Neto became the new President of BCB, succeeding Ilan Goldfajn .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Organizational structure, as of November 22, 2019, accessed May 22, 2020
- ^ Brazil Foreign Exchange Reserves . tradingeconomics.com. Accessed on January 28, 2017 (English)
- ^ História do BC . bcb.gov.br. Accessed January 28, 2017 (Portuguese)
Coordinates: 15 ° 48 ′ 10 ″ S , 47 ° 53 ′ 7 ″ W.