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Central bankThe institution in a country (or a currency area) that is normally (but see currency board) responsible for managing to supply of the country's money and the value of its currency on the foreign exchange market.Central bankThe major regulatory bank in a country, usually government controlled.The UK central bank is the Bank of England; Germany's is the Bundesbank; in the US it is the Federal Reserve System.Similar MatchesCentral Limit TheoremCentral Limit TheoremThe Law of Large Numbers states that as a sample of independent, identically distributed random numbers approaches infinity, its probability density function approaches the normal distribution. See: Normal Distribution. Central Intelligence AgencyCentral Intelligence AgencyIntelligence gathering (and espionage) agency of the United States government, publisher of the World Fact Book. Central registerCentral registerA computerised database of some 50,000 investment firms which have been authorised to conduct investment business. The Register is maintained by the senior investment regulator, the Financial Services Authority (FSA) and enables the public to check whether a firm is authorised. Central bank interventionCentral bank interventionSee exchange market intervention. Central Warrants Trading ServiceCentral Warrants Trading ServiceThe Central Warrants Trading Service is the automatic execution order book system on the London Stock Exchange. Further SuggestionsEuropean Central Bank (ECB)Central planning Central bank intervention Central parity Central American Common Market Central and Eastern European countries |
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