Central Central Bank of Bougainville

Objectives & Functions

CENTRAL BANK
The Central Bank of Bougainville is to act as the central bank.

“The Central Bank shall advise the Minister as soon as practicable where it considers that a body regulated by the Central Bank is in financial difficulty.”

Objectives of the Central Bank

For the advantage of the people of Bougainville, the objectives of the:

to formulate and implement monetary policy with a view to achieving and maintaining price stability;
and to formulate and implement monetary policy with a view to achieving and maintaining price stability;
and to promote an efficient national and international payments system;
and to formulate and implement monetary policy with a view to achieving and maintaining price stability;
and to formulate and implement monetary policy with a view to achieving and maintaining price stability;
and to promote an efficient national and international payments system;

Functions of the Central Bank

In pursuance of its objectives the Central Bank may:

act as banker and financial agent to the Government;
and regulate banking, credit and other financial services as empowered by this Act or by any other law of the Independent State of Bougainville;
and manage the gold, foreign exchange and other international reserves of Bougainville;
and perform any function conferred on it by or under any international agreement to which Bougainville is a party;
and perform any other function conferred on it by or under any other law of Bougainville.

BV Exchange Rate

MIDRATE

USD

0.4769

EUR

0.5332

PGK

0.1387

gbp

0.3623

nzd

45.391

sgd

0.3931

jpy

0.5722

cpv

0.0729

hkg

0.3529

KINA FACILITY RATE

sep 2025

6.203%

aug 2025

6.214%

6.378%

jul 2025

6.399%

jun 2025

6.371%

may 2025

6.475%

apr 2025

6.685%

mar 2025