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central bank

financial institution managing a country's monetary policy with a monopoly on increasing the monetary base; typically oversees commercial bank stability, prevents bank runs, and regulates against fraud, money laundering, and terrorism financing
Organization government_agency Q66344
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Summary

central bank ranks in the top 0.3% of government agency entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,660 views/month, #12 of 3,958).[1]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: bank[2], governing body[3], monetary authority[4], public enterprise[5], government agency[6]
  • Commons category: Central banks[7]
  • Said to be the same as: central banking[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Central banks[9]
  • Commons gallery: Central bank[10]
  • Topic has template: Template:Central banks[11], Template:Infobox central bank[12]
  • Main Wikidata property: P1304[13], P562[14]
  • Properties for this type: P38[15], P17[16]
  • Has list: list of central banks[17]
  • Position held by head of the organization: central bank governor[18]
  • P14968: Wikidata[19]

Why It Matters

central bank has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] It is known by 56 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

Related Entities

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 1h ago · Sadads · 2026-10-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['als', 'ar', 'arz', 'ast', 'az', 'bcl', 'bg', 'bn', 'br', 'bs', 'ca', 'ckb', 'c
    Sitelink count → 99
    P14968 → Wikidata
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14968: Q1369, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/291586|batch #291586]]"
  2. 13w ago · Verdy p · 2026-07-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Subclass of → bank, governing body, monetary authority +2
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Subclass of: government agency"
  3. 13w ago · Bencemac · 2026-07-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikidata description → financial institution managing a country's monetary policy with a monopoly on in
    "/* wbsetqualifier-add:1| */ Determination method or standard: record linkage, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/260983|batch #260983]]"
  4. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0003009-centralni-banky
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0003009-centralni-banky, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259662|batch #259662]]"
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