The Central Bank of Luxembourg (french: Banque centrale du Luxembourg, BCL) was founded in 1998, at the same time the
European Central Bank
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was created, by laws dated 22 April and 23 December. It is part of the
European System of Central Banks
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(
ESCB).
The Banque centrale du Luxembourg's head office is located on
Boulevard Royal
Boulevard Royal is a street in Luxembourg City, in southern Luxembourg. The boulevard is a one-way traffic, one-way arterial road that runs around the northern and western parts of the city centre, Ville Haute. Besides its importance as one of L ...
.
Governors
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Pierre Jaans (Director General of IML 1983–1998)
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Raymond Kirsch (President of IML 1985–1998)
[http://www.bcl.lu/fr/publications/brochure/Brochure_BCL_EN.pdf ]
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Yves Mersch
Yves Mersch (born 1 October 1949 in Luxembourg City) is a Luxembourgish jurist and lawyer who served as a member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank from 2012 to 2020. He previously served as first Governor of the Central Bank of ...
(1998–2013)
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Gaston Reinesch (since 2013)
See also
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List of banks in Luxembourg
Commercial banks
*Advanzia Bank
*Banque de Luxembourg
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*Banque et Caisse d'Épargne de l'État
*Banque Fortuna
*Banque Havilland
*Banque Internationale à Luxembourg
*Banque Raiffeisen
*Banque Transatlantique, Banque Transatlantique Luxembourg
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Economy of Luxembourg
The economy of Luxembourg is largely dependent on the banking, steel, and industrial sectors. Luxembourgers enjoy the highest Lists of countries by GDP per capita, per capita gross domestic product in the world, according to an International Mon ...
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:Euro
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Luxembourgish franc
The Luxembourg franc (''F'' or ISO ''LUF'', lb, Frang), subdivided into 100 centimes, was the currency of Luxembourg between 1854 and 2002, except in 1941–44. In 1944–2002, its value was equal to that of the Belgian franc. The franc remained ...
References
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Ernest Mühlen, ''Monnaie et circuits financiers au Grand-Duché de Luxembourg'', Université Internationale de Sciences Comparées, Luxembourg, 1968.
* Roger Croisé, René Link, ''La législation monétaire au Grand-Duché de Luxembourg de 1815 à nos jours'', Edition Lux-Numis, Luxembourg,1988, 639 p.
External links
Official site of Banque centrale du LuxembourgEuropean Central Bank
Banks of Luxembourg
Luxembourg
Luxembourg ( ; lb, Lëtzebuerg ; french: link=no, Luxembourg; german: link=no, Luxemburg), officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, ; french: link=no, Grand-Duché de Luxembourg ; german: link=no, Großherzogtum Luxemburg is a small lan ...
Luxembourg
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Government-owned companies of Luxembourg
Companies based in Luxembourg City
Banks established in 1998
Government agencies of Luxembourg
Luxembourgian companies established in 1998
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