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
(March, 2017)	-1.8%
GDP (2016)
RGDP (Real)	SBD$ 4,607m
NGDP (Nominal)	SBD$ 8,504m
Real GDP Growth	3.5%
Foreign Reserves
(June 14, 2017)	SBD $4,499m
Interest Rates (April, 2017)
Deposit Rate	0.30%
Lending Rate	10.65%
Money Supply
(June 14, 2017)	SBD $4,549m

Monetary Statistics - June 14, 2017

LATEST NEWS

Monthly Economic Bulletin- May,2017

Jun 22, 2017 | Monthly Economic Bulletins, Publication

Monthly Economic Bulletin – May, 2017 Monthly Economic Bulletin for May, 2017 is now available. PDF version can be downloaded below. Also visit our Monthly Economic bulletin page for past reports....

Vacancy: Analyst, (Banking Unit) FMSD

Jun 22, 2017 | Open, Vacancy

The Central Bank of Solomon Islands is seeking to recruit a suitable and qualified person for the position of Analyst (Banking Unit) within the Financial Market Supervision Department (FMSD). The potential candidate must have essential minimum experience and qualification below.

Quarterly Economic Review – March 2017

Jun 22, 2017 | Publication, Quarterly Reviews

The Quarterly Economic Review for March 2017 is now available....

Rarawa – “Digital finance, key to de-risking”

Jun 12, 2017 | Article, Media

De-risking has become a development financing issue that many countries in the Pacific are still struggling to tackle. According to the Governor of the Central Bank of Solomon Islands, Mr. Denton Rarawa, this is an issue of concern not only to Central banks in the region but in other parts of the world.

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