Monographs and Series

The book ‘Promoting Excellence in European Statistics’ celebrates 20 years of the Committee on Monetary, Financial and Balance of Payments Statistics (CMFB). The CMFB is the principal forum for co-ordinating work in statistics among the National Statistical Institutes and Eurostat, on the one hand, and the National Central Banks and the European Central Bank, on the other.
This European committee was created in 1991 by decision of the Council, with the aim of supporting the European Commission in designing and implementing the work programmes in the fields of monetary, financial and balance of payments statistics. The committee is made up of representatives of the National Statistical Institutes and the National Central Banks, the European Commission and the European Central Bank.
‘Promoting Excellence in European Statistics’ is divided into two sections. The first one focuses on the history of the CMFB and is mostly based on contributions from the CMFB ex-Chairmen. The second section addresses the CMFB initiatives to meet new challenges and encompasses several themes, such as cooperation, the new international guidelines, revision policies, the advisory role of the CMFB in relation to the Excessive Deficit Procedure (EDP), communication and statistical literacy and strategic priorities.
The CMFB has performed an important role in advising on issues relating to public finance statistics (budget deficit and public debt), in particular in relation to decisions in the area of Excessive Deficit Procedure.

 

Illustrated
Published in 2011

 

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This second volume of the History of the Portuguese Banking System is a follow-up  of the study made in the first volume and describes the evolution from the Bank of Portugal’s assumption of the role of a central bank, on 1 July 1931, to the launch of the European Monetary Union on 1 January 1999.
 As in the first volume, an attempt has been made to provide a broad outline of each period, highlighting the main features to be noted in the evolution of banking at both a world level and a European level, presenting the political, economic and monetary framework governing the evolution of the Portuguese banking system, analysing the main facts of this evolution and discussing the relationship established between the banking system and the Portuguese economy and society in general.

Illustrated
Published in 2010

 

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This manual provides explanations of the security features in the euro banknotes, the “feel-look-tilt” test and the rules governing the retention of (suspected) counterfeit banknotes.

 

Illustrated
Published in 2010

 

Free (Available at Banks' Library, Edifício Portugal, Rua Febo Moniz, 2, Lisbon (next to Anjos underground station)

Economics and Research Department

 

This work details independent research by economists of the Economics and Research Department of Banco de Portugal and aims at contributing towards a debate on the Portuguese economy in the context of its economic, monetary and financial integration in the European Union and the euro area. The findings broadly confirm the views expressed in the Bank’s publications over the past few years as regards the adjustment of the Portuguese economy to the shock from the integration in the European Monetary Union, which introduced a new economic policy regime in the country.

 

Published in 2009         

 

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Representing a further contribution to the dissemination of the coin collection of Banco de Portugal, this 2nd volume of the book “Coins with History” covers a period going from the 17th century to the present day. The last four centuries of Portugal’s history are reflected in the coins and their political-cultural background.
Every piece is documented with the respective photographic reproduction, both in real size and amplified, as well as with the corresponding numismatic data. 

 

Illustrated
Published in 2009

 

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This work sets out to present and reproduce one of the most valuable treasures of the library of Banco de Portugal, namely its collection of eleven new royal charters (forais novos) granted during the Reign of King Dom Manuel I, reproduced herein in their entirety.
The study of these documents, carried out by José Manuel Garcia, an expert in Portuguese Discoveries and Expansion history, reflects the importance of the most relevant grounding reforms undertaken by Dom Manuel I, which are presented here in a clear and profusely illustrated manner.

 

Illustrated

Published in 2009

 

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Banco de Portugal, in commemoration of its 162nd anniversary, organised at its Oporto branch an exhibition entitled Memórias e Intimismo, displaying to visitors a large part of the collection of medals and object/medals donated by the sculptor Charters de Almeida to this institution.
The exhibition guide presented here reproduces the items on display and includes other information enabling a more adequate interpretation of the said exhibits.

Illustrated
Published in 2008

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Illustrated leaflet on the historical and political background that led to the striking of the so-called Portugueses and the influence of this coin on the minting of Portugalösers or Portugalóides.

 

Illustrated
Published in 2007

 

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