A seminar for all the notaries operating in RA was organized
2019-12-10 16:36
On November 22, 29, and December 6 representatives of the Financial Monitoring Center of the Central Bank of Armenia participated in seminars organized for all the notaries operating in RA at the Notarial...
A seminar for all the notaries operating in RA was organized
2019-12-10 11:14
On November 22, 29, and December 6 representatives of the Financial Monitoring Center of the Central Bank of Armenia participated in seminars organized for all the notaries operating in RA at the Notarial...
The Board of the CBA left the refinancing rate unchanged 5.5 percent
2019-12-10 06:42
The Board of the CBA left the refinancing rate unchanged 5.5%
In the December 10, 2019 meeting the Board of the Central Bank of Armenia decided to leave the refinancing rate unchanged, at 5.5%.
There was 1.1% inflation in November of 2019 compared to that of 1.0% registered in the same period of the previous year, and the 12-month inflation rate remained almost unaltered, reaching 1.0% at the end of the month.
In the external sector, some reducing of economic uncertainties was observable,...
Statistical overview (November. 2019)
2019-11-30 16:38
Statistical overview
The Statistical Overview section of the monthly CBA Bulletin of the Central Bank of Armenia includes data on monetary, external, fiscal and real sectors, and data on RA payment and settlement system and financial system indicators.
The data source of real sector (excluding core inflation) and external trade in goods is the Statistical Committee of the Republic of Armenia (http://www.armstat.am). The data source on fiscal, external sectors, monetary and financial...
Status Report on Implementation of the Monetary Policy Program (Q4, 2018 - Q3, 2019)
2019-11-29 22:36
(2019/3) The Central Bank of Armenia continued to pursue an expansionary monetary policy throughout the year starting from the fourth quarter of 2018 to the third quarter of 2019; it has notably neutralized the influence of the contractionary fiscal policy implemented during that period and the contractionary impact transmitted from the external sector on the inflation environment. However, the abovementioned influence in each of the following quarters proved more contractionary than expected,...
A round table discussion was organized with participation of the representatives of internal monitoring units of banks operating in RA and the representatives of the Financial Supervision Department of the Central Bank of Armenia
2019-11-19 11:20
On November 18 the Financial Monitoring Center of the Central Bank of Armenia organized a round table discussion with participation of the representatives of internal monitoring units of banks operating in RA and the Financial Supervision Department of the Central Bank of...
A seminar with participation of the representatives of auditing and accounting firms and the Ministry of Finance of the RA was organized
2019-11-12 16:48
On November 11, the Financial Monitoring Center of the Central Bank of Armenia organized a seminar with participation of the representatives of auditing and accounting firms and the Ministry of Finance of the RA. In the framework of the seminar, the participants were presented the following...
A seminar for advocates was organized
2019-11-12 16:42
On November 12, the Financial Monitoring Center of the Central Bank of Armenia organized a seminar for advocates. In the framework of the seminar, the participants were presented the following...
Lists established under UNSC resolutions were changed
2019-11-07 16:51
On 05 November 2019, the Committee established pursuant to the UN Security Council resolutions 1267/1989/2253 approved changes to the list of individuals and entities associated with ISIL (Da’esh) and...
List established under UNSC resolution was changed
2019-10-31 17:03
On 30 October 2019, the Committee established pursuant to the UN Security Council resolution 1518 approved changes to the list of individuals and entities associated with...
Exchange Rate Pass-through in Armenia
2019-10-31 11:26
WP/19/5/08
Central Bank of Armenia Working Paper 19/5/08
Exchange Rate Pass-through in Armenia
Stella Mnoyan October 2019
Abstract
In this paper, we develop a semi-structural macroeconomic model to estimate the Exchange Rate Pass-through in Armenia using Bayesian estimation. The pass-through both to import prices and core inflation is somewhat lower than the average results for comparable emerging economies reported in the...
Statistical overview (October. 2019)
2019-10-30 16:35
Statistical overview
The Statistical Overview section of the monthly CBA Bulletin of the Central Bank of Armenia includes data on monetary, external, fiscal and real sectors, and data on RA payment and settlement system and financial system indicators.
The data source of real sector (excluding core inflation) and external trade in goods is the Statistical Committee of the Republic of Armenia (http://www.armstat.am). The data source on fiscal, external sectors, monetary and financial...
Financial Stability Report (2019 1st half)
2019-10-29 10:32
This Financial Stability Report presents an assessment of potential risks that could threaten the stability of financial system of the Republic of Armenia as well as the capacity of the financial system to absorb such risks. More detailed information on Armenia's macroeconomic environment and financial system analyses is available in the Central Bank's periodicals, such as Annual Report of the Central Bank, Status Report on Monetary Policy Implementation and Armenian Financial System:...
The Board of the CBA left the refinancing rate unchanged 5.5 percent
2019-10-29 06:40
The Board of the CBA left the refinancing rate unchanged 5.5%
In the October 29, 2019 meeting the Board of the Central Bank of Armenia decided to leave the refinancing rate unchanged, at 5.5%.
There was 0.2% inflation in September of 2019 compared to that of 0.3% registered in the same period of the previous year, and the 12-month inflation rate remained almost unaltered, reaching 0.5% at the end of the month. Core inflation continues to run above headline inflation, amounting to up 1.1%.
In...
New FATF public statement issued
2019-10-22 17:06
On October 18, 2019 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...