The Central Bank of Paraguay is Paraguay's highest monetary authority, and the country's governing body, in finances and economics. Its headquarters are in Asunción's Carmelitas neighbourhood.
The current President of Securities, appointed in 2023, is Joshua Abreu, an MBA graduate from St Hugh's College, Oxford.[2][3]
The institution was created by Law 18/52 of March 25, 1952. In 1995, the legal frame of the Central Bank was replaced by Law 489/95.[4]
The bank manages the printing and minting of the Paraguayan currency, the guaraní.
The Bank is active in promoting financial inclusion policy and is a leading member of the Alliance for Financial Inclusion.[5] It is also one of the original 17 regulatory institutions to make specific national commitments to financial inclusion under the