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Monetary Policy
The Bank of Albania is responsible for formulating, approving and implementing the monetary policy in the Republic of Albania.

What is Monetary Policy?
- Analyses
Markets
In order to implement the monetary policy, the Bank of Albania carries out operations in the interbank market, the foreign exchange market and the government securities market.

Markets
Financial Stability
The Bank of Albania, in cooperation with other authorities, contributes to safeguarding financial stability in Albania.

Financial Stability
- De-euroziaton package
Supervision
The Bank of Albania is responsible for the licencing and supervision of banks and other institutions that conduct banking and financial activities in the Republic of Albania.

Supervision
- Handling complaints
- Supervisory expectations for green finance
Resolution
Resolution is the use of appropriate tools in the case of troubled banks facing financial distress.

Resolution
Statistics
The Bank of Albania compiles statistics to support the decision-making processes and bodies and performs statistical functions for the public at large.

Statistics
Currency
The Bank of Albania is the sole authority for issuing banknotes and coins of legal tender in the Republic of Albania. The monetary unit of the Republic of Albania is the "Lek”.

Role of the Bank of Albania in issuing the national currency
- Currency in circulation
Payments
To promote the normal operation and functioning of the payment system, as one of its main duties, the Bank of Albania plays an active role as the operator, overseer and catalyst and reformer of the payment systems.

Payment System
Museum and education
The Bank of Albania has been committed for years to expanding and deepening financial literacy in Albania, through educational activities and publications, as well as through its Museum.

Museum and Education
- Museum of the Bank of Albania
- Education

Macro-prudential strategy

The macro-prudential policy is dedicated to the systemic risk analysis and assessment, and includes the implementation of measures, mainly prudential measures, for its mitigation. The macro-prudential policy contributes to safeguarding financial stability in two aspects: a) preventing the accumulation of risks in the financial system and b) strengthening the resilience of the financial system.

The main objective of the macro-prudential policy strategy is to offer an overall operational framework for the implementation of the macro-prudential policy. This strategy aims to:

a) link the final objective of the macro-prudential policy with the intermediate objectives and the macro-prudential instruments;

b) establish a core framework for the implementation of macro-prudential instruments, including the indicators that follow the performance of systemic risk, to orient decisions related with the implementation, deactivation or calibration of the macro-prudential instruments over time;

c) explain the decision-making at the Bank of Albania, inter-institutional and public communication processes in the Bank of Albania on the macro-prudential policy.

The approval of the macro-prudential policy strategy