Welcome to the Central Bank of Solomon Islands

CBSI is the premier financial institution in the country and is at the center of the banking and financial system, performing a number of essential functions, including the formulation and implementation of the country’s monetary policies.

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Maintaining Price Stability

Our Primary Objective is to maintain price stability, Price stability is essential for sustainable economic growth and it represents one of the key outcomes that monetary policy aims to achieve.

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Maintaining a Stable Financial System.

An additional objective of the Central Bank of Solomon Islands, is to foster and to maintain a stable financial system.

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KEY INDICATORS

Inflation
(August, 2019)	1.7%
GDP (2016) Actual (source: SINSO)
Real GDP	SBD$ 4,603m
Nominal GDP	SBD$ 8,606m
Real GDP Growth	3.4%
Foreign Reserves
(December 04, 2019)	SBD $4,828m
Interest Rates (September, 2019)
Deposit Rate	0.39%
Lending Rate	10.57%
Money Supply
(December 04, 2019)	SBD $5,074m

Monetary Statistics - December 04, 2019

LATEST NEWS

youSave LoMobile -Encouraging youSave members to aggressively save for their future

Dec 6, 2019 | Article, Media

youSave LoMobile – Encouraging youSave members to aggressively save for their future By CBSI – Financial Inclusion Unit Article No. : 13/2019 As part of the digital initiatives coordinated by CBSI under the National Financial Inclusion strategy 2,...

Press Release -Insurance Sector Market Conduct Directives

Dec 5, 2019 | Media, Press Releases

Insurance Sector Market Conduct Directives Honiara, Solomon Islands – The Office of the Controller of Insurance (COI) has released for implementation two new directives. The directives cover two specific areas and these are Market Conduct of Insurance Brokers...

SOLOMON ISLANDS NATIONAL FINANCIAL INCLUSION STRATEGY II (NFIS2) 2016-2020

Nov 27, 2019 | Announcements, Media

SOLOMON ISLANDS NATIONAL FINANCIAL INCLUSION STRATEGY II (NFIS2) 2016-2020 The Second National Financial Inclusion Strategy (NFIS2) is premised on the G20 Principles for Innovative Financial Inclusion following the expiration of the first strategy in 2015. It has a...

Public Notice: Dr. Luke Forau appointed as new Governor to the Central Bank of Solomon Islands

Nov 25, 2019 | Announcements, Media

Dr. Luke Forau appointed as new Governor to the Central Bank of Solomon Islands. The Central Bank of Solomon Islands (CBSI) wish to formally announce Dr. Luke Forau’s appointment as the new Governor to CBSI. Governor-General Sir David Vunagi, made the formal...

Press Release: Regional Regulatory Sandbox Consultations with Stakeholders

Nov 14, 2019 | Media, Press Releases

Regional Regulatory Sandbox Consultations with Stakeholders Honiara, Solomon Islands – The Central Bank of Solomon Islands (CBSI) and the Alliance for Financial Inclusion (AFI) has successfully cohosted a 1-day consultation on the 8th November, on the Regional...

Press Release: IMF completes 2019 Article IV Mission to Solomon Islands

Nov 12, 2019 | Media, Press Releases

IMF Completes 2019 Article IV Mission to Solomon Islands Honiara, Solomon Islands – An International Monetary Fund (IMF) team led by Ms. Alison Stuart visited the Solomon Islands during October 30-November 12 to hold discussions on the 2019 Article IV...

Saving Your Money

Nov 12, 2019 | Article, Media

Saving Your Money By CBSI Media Article No. : 12/2017 Welcome back to another feature length article from the Central Bank of Solomon Islands (CBSI). In this feature we now move onto the topic of SAVINGS and answer how best we can save our money, especially in the...

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EXCHANGE RATES

per SBD	Today 09/12/2019	Last Week 02/12/2019
USD	0.12130	0.12120
GBP	0.0925	0.09378
EUR	0.10975	0.10996
AUD	0.17753	0.17917
NZD	0.18489	0.18862
JPY	13.17985	13.27322
SDR	0.08805	0.08826
CNY	0.85354	0.85165
Index	111.7	112.4

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