Eastern Caribbean Central Bank

Eastern Caribbean Central Bank

Headquarters	Basseterre, St. Kitts
Established	October 1983
Ownership	100% state ownership[1]
Governor	Timothy Antoine
Central bank of	OECS Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Currency	Eastern Caribbean dollar XCD (ISO 4217)
Reserves	1 560 million USD[1]
Website	www.eccb-centralbank.org

The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) is a supranational central bank that serves Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, all members of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) that use the ECCB-issued Eastern Caribbean Dollar as their currency. (Three other OECS members, the British Virgin Islands, Guadeloupe and Martinique use other currencies.) The ECCB was established in 1983, succeeding the British Caribbean Currency Board (1950–1965) and the Eastern Caribbean Currency Authority (1965–1983). It is also in charge of bank supervision within its geographical remit.

Two of its core mandates are to maintain price and financial sector stability, by acting as a stabilizer and safe-guard of the banking system in the Eastern Caribbean Economic and Currency Union (OECS/ECCU).^[2] The bank is headquartered in Basseterre, St. Kitts.