Statement from the 35th meeting of the bank board of the NBS

The 35th Meeting of the Bank Board of Narodna banka Slovenska was held on 26 August 2008, chaired by Ivan Sramko, Governor.

The Bank Board of the NBS discussed the Situation Report on Monetary Development of Slovakia in July 2008 and decided on maintaining its current interest rates for the overnight sterilization transactions at 2.25%, the overnight refinancing transactions at 5.75% and the limit rate for two-week repo tenders with commercial banks at 4.25%.

The Bank Board approved the Report on fulfilment and process of preparations for the euro changeover in the NBS and the Internal Plan of the NBS for the euro changeover.

The preparation proceeds in accordance with the Internal plan of the NBS for the euro changeover and the National euro changeover plan in the Slovak Republic.

Jana Kováčová
Spokesperson of the NBS

National Bank of Slovakia
Communications Section
Imricha Karvasa 1, 813 25 Bratislava, Slovak Republic
Tel.: +421-2-5787 2161,+421-2-5865 2161, +421-2-5787 2166, +421-2-5865 2166
http://www.nbs.sk

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