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{{Short description|Central Bank of Peru}}
{{Infobox Central bank
|bank_name_in_local =<small>''Banco Central de Reserva del Perú''</small>
|logo           = BCRP.gif
|image          = 2017 Lima - Banco de Reserva del Perú.jpg
|caption        = Central Reserve Bank Building
|ownership      = 100% [[state ownership]]<ref name="dnbinfo">{{cite web |last1=Weidner |first1=Jan |title=The Organisation and Structure of Central Banks |url=https://d-nb.info/1138787981/34 |website=Katalog der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek|year=2017|format=PDF}}</ref>
|headquarters   = [[Jirón Santa Rosa|Jr. Santa Rosa de Lima]], 441–445<br />15001 [[Lima District|Lima]]
|coordinates    = {{coord|-12.048162|-77.030141}}
|established    = {{Start date and age|p=y|1922|3|9}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bcrp.gob.pe/publicaciones/glosario/b.html|title=Central Reserve Bank of Peru|access-date=2 September 2012}}</ref>
|president      = [[Julio Velarde Flores]]
|bank_of        = {{PER}}
|currency       = [[Peruvian sol]]
|currency_iso   = PEN
|reserves       = 59 400 million USD<ref name="dnbinfo"/>
|borrowing_rate =  7.17%
|interest_rate_target = 2.75%
|website        = {{official URL}}
}}
The '''Central Reserve Bank of Peru''' ({{langx|es|Banco Central de Reserva del Perú}}; BCRP) is the Peruvian [[central bank]]. It mints and issues metal and paper money, the [[Peruvian sol|sol]]. 

Its branch in [[Arequipa]] was established in 1871,{{citation needed|date=September 2012}} and it served the city by issuing money as well as maintaining a good reputation for savings accounts in Southern [[Peru]]. It is the equivalent of the [[Federal Reserve]] of the [[United States]] or the [[European Central Bank]] in [[Europe]].

The Constitution states that the purpose of the Central Reserve Bank is to preserve monetary stability. The Central Reserve Bank's target annual inflation is 2.0 percent, with a tolerance of one percentage point upward and downward; its policies are aimed at achieving that goal.

The Constitution also assigns the following functions to the Central Reserve Bank: regulating currency and credit of the financial system, administering the international reserves in its care, issuing banknotes and coins, reporting regularly to the country on national finances, and managing the profitability of funds.

== Presidents ==
[[File:Eulogio Romero.jpg|thumb|First president, Eulogio Romero Salcedo]]
[[File:Julio Velarde.jpg|thumb|Current president, Julio Velarde Flores]]
*Eulogio Romero Salcedo, 1922-1925
*Agustín de la Torre González, 1926-1927
*Eulogio Romero Salcedo, 1928-1929
*Enrique Ferreyros, 1930-1931
*Manuel Augusto Olaechea, 1931-1934
*[[Manuel Prado Ugarteche]], 1934-1939
*Fernando Gazzani, 1939-1945
*[[Francisco Tudela y Varela]], 1945-1948
*[[Pedro Beltrán Espantoso]], 1948-1950
*Clemente de Althaus Dartnell, 1950-1952
*Daniel Olaechea, 1952
*[[Andrés F. Dasso]], 1952-1958
*Enrique Bellido, 1959-1964
*Alfredo C. Ferreyros, 1964-1966
*[[Fernando Schwalb]], 1966-1968
*José Morales Urresti, 1968
*Carlos Vidal, 1968
*Alfredo Rodríguez Martínez, 1968-1969
*Emilio G. Barreto, 1969-1975
*Carlos Santisteban de Noriega, 1975-1977
*Germán de la Melena Guzmán, 1977-1978
*Manuel Moreyra Loredo, 1978-1980
*Richard Webb Duarte, 1980-1985
*Leonel Figueroa Ramírez, 1985-1987
*Pedro Coronado Labó, 1987-1990
*Jorge Chávez Álvarez, 1990-1992
*Germán Suárez Chávez, 1992-2001
*Richard Webb Duarte, 2001-2003
*[[Javier Silva Ruete]], 2003-2004
*Óscar Dancourt Masías, 2004-2006
*[[Julio Velarde|Julio Velarde Flores]], 2006-
Source:<ref>[https://www.bcrp.gob.pe/docs/sobre-el-bcrp/historial-de-autoridades-del-banco.pdf Historial de autoridades del Banco Central de Reserva del Perú desde 1922] ''Banco Central de Reserva del Perú''</ref>

{{Politics of Peru}}

==See also== 
* [[Economy of Peru]]
* [[List of Jesuit sites]]
* [[Peruvian inti]]
* [[Peruvian sol]]
* [[List of central banks]]
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==References==
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==External links==
* {{in lang|es|en}} {{Official website|http://www.bcrp.gob.pe }}
{{Central banks}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Banks of Peru]]
[[Category:Central banks|Peru]]
[[Category:Economy of Peru]]
[[Category:1922 establishments in Peru]]
[[Category:Banks established in 1922]]

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