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Translations:      FR  banque centrale (n.f.)     ES  banco central (n.m.)     DE  Notenbank (n.f.) , Zentralbank (n.f.) 
Synonyms:  reserve bank, monetary authority

  Concise definition of the term central bank

A central bank is an institution that manages a country's currency, its money supply, and its interest rates.

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