Central Bank of Liberia

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Central Bank of Liberia
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EstablishedOctober 18, 1999
Ownership100% state ownership [1]
Governor J. Aloysius Tarlue
Central bank of Liberia
Currency Liberian dollar
LRD (ISO 4217)
Reserves260 million USD [1]
Website www.cbl.org.lr

The Central Bank of Liberia is Liberia's central bank. Its current executive governor is J. Aloysius Tarlue. The offices of the bank are located in Monrovia, the capital of Liberia.

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The bank is a member of the Alliance for Financial Inclusion. [2]

History

From 1974 to 2000, Liberia's central bank was the National Bank of Liberia. The Central Bank of Liberia, known as "CBL", was founded on October 18, 1999, by an act of the Liberian legislature, and began operations in the year 2000, at which time the National Bank of Liberia, or "NBL", was dissolved. [3]

Governors of National Bank of Liberia

Governors of Central Bank of Liberia

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