Bunye, Ignacio R.

Central Banking for Every Juan and Maria / Ignacio R. Bunye. - Alabang, Muntinlupa, Philippines: TOMIR, 2011. - xxxiv, 165 pages: color illustrations; 28 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

About the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas -- BSP as money manager -- BSP as supervisor and regulator of all banks -- Types of banks supervised and regulated by the BSP -- BSP as implementor of an efficient payments and settlements system -- Improving central banking functions -- Pawnshops -- Gross international reserves -- The exchange rate -- BSP as lender of last resort --Coins, banknotes and gold -- Inclusive finance -- Economic and financial education -- Money laundering -- Meeting targets -- Other matters of interest: what else is up at the Bangko Sentral?

"With this book, readers will be better able to understand central banking. The author uses simple and appealing language in explaining what the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas does, in describing the many facets of central banking, and in relating how all these affect not only the national economy but eventually every Filipino."

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Banks and banking--Philippines.