Explanation
For the issue of currencies, the RBI follows Minimum Reserve System at present. The Minimum Reserve System (MRS) is followed from 1956 onwards.
Under the Minimum Reserve System, the RBI has to keep a minimum reserve of Rs 200 crore comprising of gold coin and gold bullion and foreign currencies. Out of the total Rs 200 crores, Rs. 115 crore should be in the form of gold coins or gold bullion.
The purpose of shifting to this system was to expand money supply to meet the needs of increasing transactions in the economy.
Consumer credit refers to a personal debt taken by a consumer on the purchase of goods and services for the satisfaction of wants. Regulation of consumer credit act as a qualitative credit control measure of the central bank as in the time of inflation or deflation, they regulate the consumer credit on a certain relative products in order to regulate uncertain market conditions.
Also called Sveriges Riksbank, or simply Riksbanken, the Swedish Central Bank is the central bank of Sweden.
It was founded by Johan Palmstruch in 1656.
It is the world's oldest central bank and the third oldest bank in operation.
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