1. Payment and settlement: Providing account services In the payment and settlement practice of central banks in various countries, central banks generally act as clearing intermediaries between banks, providing clearing accounts for banks, and realizing inter-bank transfer through the setting and use of clearing accounts.
2. Collateral: 20 14, 10 On June 8, the central bank informed that it would obtain liquidity support through the Standing Loan Facility (SLF), totaling about 200 billion yuan. In addition, the CICC report predicts that the liquidity actually put in by the central bank may be higher than 200 billion yuan, reaching 300-400 billion yuan.
3. Net purchase of gold: The highest authority of the International Monetary Fund is the board of directors, which consists of 1 chairman and 1 deputy director from member countries, usually held by finance ministers or central bank governors, and meets once a year in September.
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Central Bank's Cross-border Loan: 201212 On February 27th, Bank of China Shenzhen Central Sub-branch announced that the central bank had approved Shenzhen Qianhai District to launch cross-border RMB loan in Shenzhen. Enterprises registered in Qianhai and actually operating or investing in Qianhai may borrow RMB funds from banks operating RMB business in Hong Kong.
This has set a new milestone in the process of RMB internationalization. Although the project is still in the pilot stage, the scope of implementation is very limited, but if expanded, it will eventually contribute to the integration of the offshore RMB market in Hong Kong and the financial system in Chinese mainland.
The trial operation time of the central bank's digital currency business was 2065438+February 2007. The blockchain digital bill trading platform promoted by the central bank has been successfully tested, and the legal digital currency issued by the central bank has been put into trial operation on the platform. This means that, globally, Bank of China will become the first central bank to issue digital currency and carry out real application.
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Baidu encyclopedia-central bank