Bank of Albania
Banknotes: October to December 2022
A round-up of news and salient issues that have affected central bankers in the past three months
Albanian governor says latest increase brings rates to neutral level
Gent Sejko forecasts inflation will not reach central bank’s target until second quarter of 2024
Banknotes: July to September 2022
A round-up of news and salient issues that have affected central bankers in the past three months
ECB opens €10 billion swap line with National Bank of Poland
Central bank extends repo lines with non-eurozone counterparts until January 2023
Albania orders first rate hike in 11 years
Increase of 50 basis points returns policy rate to pre-Covid level
ECB extends non-eurozone euro swap lines
Credit facilities set up at start of Covid-19 crisis will now run until March 2022, ECB says
How can central banks secure the future of money?
Central banks should start tackling the accounting, legal and policy challenges related to CBDC. This work will shape the future of money, as could be witnessed in Albania
ECB expands euro repo network
Albania and Serbia join Covid-19 liquidity backstop
Albanian central bank introduces first polymer notes
Governor calls on parliament to approve draft law on improving payments systems
Bank of Albania must resolve policy transmission issues – IMF
Issues with monetary policy transmission are obstructing efforts to hit inflation target
People: Albania appoints new deputy governor
Luljeta Minxhozi joins Bank of Albania; Netherlands Bank loses chief investment officer; Chile appoints first technology manager; and more
Albania cuts rates as renovations to HQ completed
The Bank of Albania cut its policy rate to a record low of 1.75%; chair of Single Resolution Board visits as non-performing loans fall to approximately 20% of total in banking sector
South-eastern European banking supervisors agree to co-operate with EBA
Six supervisory agencies agree to share information with European Banking Authority
Ex-Albanian governor acquitted of ‘abuse of office’
Former Albanian central bank governor Ardian Fullani found innocent of ‘abuse of office’; left role in 2014 after parliamentary vote
Albanian governor warns of ‘fragile’ inflation
Gent Sejko says supervisory council will likely keep key interest rate low ‘for some quarters ahead’ with inflation forecast to remain below target in 2015
Security at Bank of Albania improved in wake of theft
Governor Gent Sejko insists security at the central bank is ‘at the right levels’ following the $5.2 million theft from its vaults last year; calls for vigilance from staff members
People: Blejer named adviser to Bank of Albania governor; Chile gets new statistics head
Mario Blejer, a former governor of Argentina’s central bank, will serve as an adviser to the new Bank of Albania governor; Central Bank of Chile names new statistics head; and more
People: Sejko confirmed as Albania governor; Vietnam names deputy
Gent Sejko confirmed in post after being nominated in December; Nguyen Kim Anh becomes sixth deputy governor at State Bank of Vietnam; and more
People: Sri Lanka gets new governor, Albania 'very close'
Arjuna Mahendran appointed governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka following elections last week; Gent Sejko on track to become Albanian governor, says spokesperson; and more
Sejko lined up as next Bank of Albania governor
Albanian prime minister says parliament ‘will not reject’ the president’s nomination; former bank inspector Gent Sejko set to return to the central bank after a decade away