List established under UNSC resolution was amended
2016-07-21 18:33
On July 21, 2016 the Committee established pursuant to the UN Security Council resolution 1988 approved amendments to the list of individuals and entities associated with...
List established under UNSC resolutions was amended
2016-07-18 18:50
On July 15, 2016 the Committee established pursuant to the UN Security Council resolutions 1267/1989/2253 approved amendments to the list of individuals and entities associated with ISIL (Da’esh) and Al...
New FATF public statement issued
2016-07-15 18:46
On June 24, 2016 the FATF issued a Public Statement on jurisdictions with strategic deficiencies in their anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism regime.
The statement is available...
A seminar was organized for the representatives of internal monitoring units of insurance (including reinsurance) companies and entities providing intermediary insurance (including reinsurance) services operating in the RA
2016-07-11 18:12
On July 6 the Financial Monitoring Center of the Central Bank of Armenia organized a seminar for the representatives of internal monitoring units of insurance (including reinsurance) companies and entities providing intermediary insurance (including reinsurance) services operating in the...
Statistical overview (May. 2016)
2016-07-06 14:51
Statistical overview
The “CBA Bulletin” of the Central Bank of Armenia is a monthly periodicalthat presents Monetary Overview section which contains data on monetary, external, fiscal and real sectors, and data on payment and settlement system and financial system indicators.
The data source of real sector (excluding core inflation) and external trade is the National Statistical Service of Armenia (http://www.armstat.am). The data source on fiscal, external sectors (excluding...
A seminar was organized for the representatives of internal monitoring units of money or value transfer services, investment companies, investment fund managers and the Central Depositary operating in the RA
2016-06-29 18:53
On June 29 the Financial Monitoring Center of the Central Bank of Armenia organized a seminar for the representatives of internal monitoring units of money or value transfer services, investment companies, investment fund managers and the Central Depositary operating in the...
The Board of the CBA lowered the refinancing rate by 0.25 percent
2016-06-28 08:50
The Board of the CBA lowered the refinancing rate by 0.25%
At the June 28, 2016 meeting, the Board of the CBA decided to cut the Refinancing Rate by 0.25 pp, setting it at 7.5%.
Deflation in May of 2016 was 0.7% compared to 0.5% recorded in the same month of the previous year, under which circumstance the 12-month inflation rate reached -2.1% at the end of the month.
In the external sector a slow pace of global economic growth, as well as relative stability achieved recently in...
List established under UNSC resolutions was amended
2016-06-27 19:01
On June 24, 2016 the Committee established pursuant to the UN Security Council resolutions 1267/1989/2253 approved amendments to the list of individuals and entities associated with ISIL (Da’esh) and Al...
A seminar was organized for the representatives of internal monitoring units of credit organizations operating in the RA
2016-06-23 18:57
On June 22 the Financial Monitoring Center of the Central Bank of Armenia organized a seminar for the representatives of internal monitoring units of credit organizations operating in the RA.In the framework of the seminar the participants were introduced the results of the 5th round evaluation of the AML/CFT system of the RA, particularly the progress and problems concerning the financial institutions while performing their duties as prescribed by the AML/CFT legislation. In that context...
A training course was held in Dilijan Training and Research Center of the Central Bank of Armenia, with the participation of around 20 representatives from the Egmont Group member financial intelligence units
2016-06-22 16:26
From June 13 to 17, upon the invitation of Central Bank of Armenia more than 20 representatives from the Egmont Group member financial intelligence units (FIU) participated in the “Corporate Vehicles and Financial Products (CORFIN) and Train-the-Trainer Course” held in Dilijan Training and Research Center of the Central Bank of Armenia.The training course was organized by the Technical Assistance and Training Working Group of the Egmont Group.The aim of the course was to develop...
Statistical overview (April. 2016)
2016-06-10 14:49
Statistical overview
The “CBA Bulletin” of the Central Bank of Armenia is a monthly periodicalthat presents Monetary Overview section which contains data on monetary, external, fiscal and real sectors, and data on payment and settlement system and financial system indicators.
The data source of real sector (excluding core inflation) and external trade is the National Statistical Service of Armenia (http://www.armstat.am). The data source on fiscal, external sectors (excluding...
Statistical Bulletin of the CBA 2015
2016-05-30 06:21
Statistical Bulletin of the Central Bank of Armenia is an annual periodical that presents data on monetary, fiscal, external and real sectors as well as main indicators of financial institutions and of the payment and settlement system. Description of data contained in this Statistical Bulletin is presented in the section Methodological...
Inflation report 2016/2 (Monetary Policy Program, Q2, 2016. Status report on implementation of the Monetary Policy Program Q1, 2016)
2016-05-27 06:10
Executive summary
Although global economic growth rates remained sluggish, some activity in the Armenian economy was observed in the first quarter of 2016 owing to expansionary policy carried out by the Government of Armenia (the Government) in 2015 and monetary conditions loosened considerably by the Central Bank of Armenia (the CBA) since the second half of the year. Consequently, the CBA has revised the 2016economic growth projection indicator upside. In the rest part of the forecast...
INFORMATION On the Structure of International Reserves of the Republic of Armenia 2016 year, I quarter
2016-05-24 12:03
INFORMATION On the Structure of International Reserves of the Republic of Armenia 2016 year, I...
Statement of financial position as at 30 March 2016
2016-05-24 11:46
Statement of financial position as at 30 March...