中央银行是一国或多国
货币体系中的主要监管性银行。中央银行的职能通常包括控制信贷体系，发行钞票、硬币及监管
商业银行。中央银行也管理
外汇储备、维护本国
货币的价值及充当政府的银行。主要的欧美中央银行包括英国中央银行(BOE， the
Bank of England)、
美国联邦储备委员会(FED，the
Federal Reserve)及欧洲中央银行(ECB，the
European Central Bank)。
A
central bank is the major regulatory bank in a nation or group of nations' monetary system. Its role normally includes control of the credit system, the issuing of
notes and supervision of
commercial banks. It also manages the
exchange reserves and the value of the national currency, and acts as the government's banker, e.g. the Bank of England, the Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank.
