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
(July, 2018)	2.2%
GDP (2016) Actual (source: SINSO)
Real GDP	SBD$ 4,603m
Nominal GDP	SBD$ 8,606m
Real GDP Growth	3.4%
Foreign Reserves
(September 12, 2018)	SBD $5,006m
Interest Rates (July, 2018)
Deposit Rate	0.36%
Lending Rate	10.84%
Money Supply
(September 12, 2018)	SBD $5,093m

Monetary Statistics - September 12, 2018

LATEST NEWS

Press Release: New polymer banknote signed off

Sep 7, 2018 | Media, Press Releases

Press Release: Governor Rarawa signs off on $5 Polymer banknote proof Melbourne, AUSTRALIA – Governor Denton Rarawa officially signed off on the Solomon Island’s latest $5 polymer banknote proof at Note Printing Australia’s high security facility today. The proof was...

Press Release: CBSI scooped AFI awards on financial Inclusion work

Sep 7, 2018 | Media, Press Releases

Press Release: AFI awards on CBSI on financial inclusion work The Central Bank of Solomon Islands (CBSI) has scooped two individual awards during the Alliance for Financial Inclusion (AFI) Global Policy Forum (GPF) awards night hosted earlier this week in Sochi,...

Monthly Economic Bulletin – July 2018

Aug 23, 2018 | Monthly Economic Bulletins, Publication

MONTHLY ECONOMIC BULLETIN – JULY 2018 The July 2018 Monthly Economic Bulletin (MEB) as produced by the Economics Research and Statistics Department of CBSI, is now available....

Press Release: Renbel School gets timely support from CBSI

Aug 20, 2018 | Media, Press Releases

Press Release: Renbel School gets timely support from CBSI The Central Bank of Solomon Islands (CBSI) Board of Directors have donated twenty thousand dollars’ to the New Place Provincial Secondary School (PSS) in Tingoa, Renbel Province following their visit to the...

Vacancy: Research Analyst Government Finance

Aug 20, 2018 | Open, Vacancy

Research Analyst- Government Finance Vacancy No.: 03/2018 Department: Economics Research and Statistics (ERSD) Work unit: Government Finance Work type: Full time Reports to: Senior Analyst – Government Finance Download Info Download Form The...

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