Central Bank of Brazil

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central bank monetary authority

The Central Bank of Brazil is the country’s monetary authority responsible for issuing currency, implementing monetary policy, and overseeing the financial system, including managing major events such as the 1999 currency crisis.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
BACEN	1
Banco Central do Brasil	1
Banco do Brasil (as monetary authority)	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	central bank ⓘ monetary authority ⓘ
abbreviation	Central Bank of Brazil self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: BACEN BCB ⓘ
appointedBy	President of Brazil ⓘ
autonomyLaw	Complementary Law 179 of 2021 ⓘ
country	Brazil ⓘ
currencyCode	BRL ⓘ
currencyIssued	Brazilian real ⓘ
dateFounded	1964-12-31 ⓘ
governorTermType	fixed term (after autonomy law) ⓘ
governorTitle	President of the Central Bank of Brazil ⓘ
hasAutonomyStatus	formal operational autonomy ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Brasília ⓘ
inflationTargetingStartDate	1999 ⓘ
interestRateName	SELIC rate ⓘ
jurisdiction	Brazil ⓘ surface form: Federative Republic of Brazil
languageOfWork	Portuguese ⓘ
legalBasis	Law 4,595 of 1964 ⓘ
memberOf	Bank for International Settlements ⓘ International Monetary Fund ⓘ surface form: International Monetary Fund (as monetary authority of Brazil)
monetaryPolicyFramework	inflation targeting regime ⓘ
nativeName	Central Bank of Brazil self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Banco Central do Brasil
operates	Brazilian instant payments system PIX ⓘ
oversees	Brazilian Payment System (SPB) ⓘ
ownedBy	Brazilian government ⓘ surface form: Federal government of Brazil
predecessor	Central Bank of Brazil self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Banco do Brasil (as monetary authority) Superintendency of Currency and Credit ⓘ
regionServed	Brazil ⓘ
responsibility	banking supervision ⓘ financial stability policy ⓘ implementing monetary policy ⓘ issuing currency ⓘ maintaining price stability ⓘ managing exchange rate policy ⓘ managing international reserves ⓘ payment systems oversight ⓘ regulating the financial system ⓘ
roleInEvent	implementation of the 1999 exchange rate float regime ⓘ management of the 1999 Brazilian currency crisis ⓘ
sector	public sector ⓘ
sets	Brazilian base interest rate ⓘ
supervises	commercial banks in Brazil ⓘ credit cooperatives in Brazil ⓘ investment banks in Brazil ⓘ other financial institutions in Brazil ⓘ
website	https://www.bcb.gov.br ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Central Bank of Brazil → abbreviation → Central Bank of Brazil self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: BACEN

Brazilian real → centralBank → Central Bank of Brazil ⓘ

Brazilian real → issuingAuthority → Central Bank of Brazil ⓘ

Central Bank of Brazil → nativeName → Central Bank of Brazil self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Banco Central do Brasil

Brazilian currency crisis of 1999 → participant → Central Bank of Brazil ⓘ

Central Bank of Brazil → predecessor → Central Bank of Brazil self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Banco do Brasil (as monetary authority)

B3 – Brasil Bolsa Balcão → subjectToRegulationBy → Central Bank of Brazil ⓘ