National Bank of Belgium
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Headquarters | Brussels | ||
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Established | 5 May 1850 | ||
Ownership | Government of Belgium (50%) Public float (50%)[1] Traded as: Euronext: BNB | ||
Governor | |||
Central bank of | Belgium | ||
Reserves | 8 450 million USD[1] | ||
Website | nbb |
The National Bank of Belgium (NBB; Dutch: Nationale Bank van België, French: Banque nationale de Belgique, German: Belgische Nationalbank) has been the central bank of Belgium since 1850. The National Bank of Belgium was established with 100% private capital by a law of 5 May 1850 as a naamloze vennootschap (NV). It is a member of the European System of Central Banks.
The Governor of the National Bank is a member of the Governing Council, the main decision-making body of the Eurosystem, particularly as regards monetary policy; the National Bank of Belgium participates in the preparation and execution of its decisions.
Apart from monetary policy, the National Bank of Belgium takes on other tasks which can be classified as follows:
- the issuing of euro banknotes
- the printing of euro banknotes and the placing in circulation of euro coins
- the management of foreign currency reserves
- the collection, circulation and analysis of economic and financial information
- the stability of the Belgian financial sector – see also CBFA
- the role of financial ambassador to international economic institutions
- services for the Belgian State
- services for the Belgian financial sector
- services for the general public
50% of the NBB stock is freely traded on Euronext Brussels, the other 50% of the shares are owned by the Belgian government. (400.000 shares in total)
Governors[]
- François-Philippe de Haussy (1850–1869)
- Eugène Prévinaire (1870–1877)
- André-Eugène Pirson (1877–1881)
- Alexandre Jamar (1882–1888)
- Eugène Anspach (1888–1890)
- Victor Van Hoegaerden (1891–1905)
- Théophile de Lantsheere (1905–1918)
- Leon Van der Rest (1918–1923)
- Fernand Hautain (1923–1926)
- Louis Franck (1926–1937)
- Georges Janssen (1938–1941)
- Albert Goffin (1941)
- Georges Theunis (1941–1944)
- Maurice Frère (1944–1957)
- Hubert Ansiaux (1957–1971)
- Robert Vandeputte (1971–1975)
- Cecil de Strycker (1975–1982)
- Jean Godeaux (1982–1989)
- Alfons Verplaetse (1989–1999)
- Guy Quaden (1999–2011)
- Luc Coene (2011–2015)
- (2015–2019)
- Pierre Wunsch (2019–present)[2]
Vice-Governors[]
(List to be expanded)
- Luc Coene (2003–2011)
- Mathias Dewatripont (2014–2015)
- Pierre Wunsch (2015–2019)[2]
See also[]
- Belgian franc
- Economy of Belgium
- Euro
- Jonathan-Raphaël Bisschoffsheim, founder and first President
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b https://d-nb.info/1138787981/34
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Pierre Wunsch – nbb.be". www.nbb.be.
External links[]
Media related to Belgian National Bank at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website (in Dutch, French, German, and English)
- The Scientific Library of the National Bank of Belgium[permanent dead link]
- Documents and clippings about National Bank of Belgium in the 20th Century Press Archives of the ZBW
- Economy of Belgium
- European System of Central Banks
- Central banks
- Banks of Belgium
- Companies in the BEL Mid Index
- 1850 establishments in Belgium
- Banks established in 1850
- Companies based in Brussels