Monetary authority

(MA).

A national or supranational body with responsibility for:

• Issuing currency
• Maintaining and managing international reserves, including those resulting from transactions with the International Monetary Fund

The role of monetary authority is often undertaken by a central bank.

In other cases, operations may be undertaken by a currency board, or other monetary agency.

See also

• Authority
• Bank of England
• Bank supervision
• Central bank
• Direct participant in an IFTS
• euro zone
• European Central Bank
• Federal Reserve Bank
• Hong Kong Monetary Authority
• International Monetary Fund
• Lender of last resort
• Market maker of last resort
• Monetary
• Monetary Authority of Singapore
• Oversight of payment systems
• Quantitative easing
• Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA)
• Reserves
• Reserves account
• Reserve currency
• Riksbank
• Supranational