National Bank of Slovakia
IMF staff say tighter macro-pru measures ‘may be warranted’ in Slovakia
IMF staff have called for Slovakia’s central bank to boost its oversight of housing lending and to consider raising the counter-cyclical capital buffer for the country’s banks if growth continues
National Bank of Slovakia hails significant new responsibilities in 2014
Annual report highlights broad changes to its key activities, as the central bank took on new staff to cope with expanded supervisory role
People: BoE appoints general counsel; Chicago Booth professor joins Slovakian board
Sonya Branch takes up top legal role at BoE; National Bank of Slovakia board now five-strong; Bank Negara Malaysia appoints debt resolution committee chairman; and more
People: New deputies in Angola as defence expert gets top Israel IT job
Two new deputy governors for National Bank of Angola; University of Chicago professor joins Slovak central bank board; defence expert takes on top IT job at Bank of Israel
National Bank of Slovakia governor handed second term
Jozef Makúch is the first governor to be reappointed at the Slovakian central bank; tells Central Banking he is ‘very much looking forward’ to new challenges
Reserve managers ‘obsessed' with short-term results, says Passacantando
Former Bank of Italy managing director says central bank reserve managers should take a longer-term view with their investment decisions
Slovakian economists build new framework for estimating output gap
Researchers combine a variety of methods and information sets to ‘substantially reduce’ the uncertainty of output gap estimates on a ‘policy-relevant’ horizon
Policy must do more to get women and low-skilled into work, paper finds
Slovak economists analyse the elasticity of labour supply and find that changes in the tax and benefits system could entice women in particular into the workforce
People: Slovakia puts financial markets head on the board; director re-appointed to the UK's PRA
The National Bank of Slovakia's executive director for financial markets has joined the central bank board; Charles Randell re-appointed to the Bank of England's PRA; and more
National Bank of Slovakia issues 2012 annual report
Annual report highlights ongoing macro environment challenges, and deeper involvement in the operation of the Eurosystem
National Bank of Slovakia backs controversial law
Slovakian central bank supports draft law to prohibit foreign bank branches from offering mortgage loans; questions over legality of law under EU treaty
New studies tackle diverse inflation outcomes in eastern Europe
Papers by the IMF and National Bank of Slovakia assess factors behind incomplete interest rate pass through and divergent drivers of inflation in eastern Europe
New deputy governor for National Bank of Slovakia
Ján Tóth appointed as deputy governor to Slovakian central bank; previously a member of the country’s Ministry of Finance research arm
Slovakia falls €515 million into the red
National Bank of Slovakia Annual Report shows a €515 million loss for 2010 due to large write-downs on securities and derivatives
Slovakia closes four sub-branches of national bank
National Bank of Slovakia decides to close four of its nine sub-branches; study reveals cash circulation could be better managed with fewer branches
Belgium’s Praet, ex-Slovak deputy Kohútiková up for ECB board
National Bank of Belgium executive director Peter Praet and former National Bank of Slovakia deputy governor Elena Kohútiková nominated for ECB executive board seat to be vacated by Gertrude Tumpel-Gugerell
National Bank of Slovakia – Monthly Bulletin (November 2010)
Annual inflation remained on hold at 1%
National Bank of Slovakia – Financial Stability Report (2009)
National Bank of Slovakia’s Financial Stability Report for last year says risks to economy largely in household sector
National Bank of Slovakia – Monthly Bulletin (June 2010)
National Bank of Slovakia’s June Monthly Bulletin shows inflation was lower than expected for the month
National Bank of Slovakia – Monthly Bulletin (May)
Monthly Bulletin shows economic recovery remains on a steady path in Slovakia
National Bank of Slovakia – Annual Report (2009)
Slovakian central bank’s annual report details benefits of entering currency union and documents smooth transition into new monetary policy and payments systems
Slovakia ex-chief made OECD ambassador
Ivan Šramko, the ex-governor of the National Bank of Slovakia, named ambassador to OECD days after leaving central bank
Slovakia appoints new governor
Jozef Makúch, an executive director at the Slovak central bank, gets the top job after Ivan Šramko refuses a second term
CEE regulators condemn stability "misperceptions"
Six central and eastern European regulators on Wednesday jointly attacked the recent coverage of their economies, labelling it misleading, oversimplified and potentially harmful.