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- I. The Current Monetary Policy: the Lats is Pegged to the Euro
- II. In what way will the change of the lats' peg affect the public and the economy?
- III. Some other questions related to the re-pegging of the lats
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- Credit Institutions Supervision Department Annual Report 2000
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- Monetas. Coins.
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- Participation of the Baltic States in the ERM II. Sharing the Views of the Central Banks
- Raoul Lättemäe. Estonia's Preparations for Joining the Euro Area
- Raimondas Kuodis. Risks in Fulfilling Maastricht Convergence Criteria: Lithuania's Perspective
- Helmuts Ancans. Maastricht Criteria Compliance Prospects in Latvia
- Participation in the ERM II. Comparison of the Main Indicators
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- 11/03/2010 On the Resolutions of the Bank of Latvia Council
- 05/03/2010 Latvia's Balance of Payments in the Fourth Quarter of 2009
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- Conference "Competitiveness: the Future Cornerstone of the Latvian Economy"
- Conference "Latvia on Its Way to Prosperity: Growth Potential and Development Prospects"
- Conference "The Sustainable Development of the Latvian Economy: Issues, Risks, Solutions"
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- Restoration of the Latvian National Currency
- Organisation and Structure
- Structure of the Bank of Latvia
- Governor of the Bank of Latvia
- Deputy Governor of the Bank of Latvia
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- Reproduction of Banknotes and Coins
- Counterfeit Banknotes and Coins
- What Should I do When I Receive a Counterfeit Banknote or Coin?
- Will I Receive Any Compensation for Handing Over of Counterfeit Currency?
- Refusal to Accept Lats and Santims as Payment
- Information to Euro Coin Collectors
- Banknotes
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- 5 lats (Ls 5 in short)
- 10 lats (Ls 10 in short)
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- 1 lats (Ls 1 in short)
- 2 lats (Ls 2 in short)
- 100 lats (Ls 100 in short)
- Collector Coins
- National Coin Programmes
- International Coin Programmes
- Riga's History in Coins
- The Bank of Latvia Plans to Issue New Collector Coins
- Institutions Which Sell Collector Coins of the Bank of Latvia
- Security Features of the Lats Banknotes
- History of Latvian Money
- Publications
- The Annual Report
- Monetary Review
- Monetary Bulletin
- Latvia's Balance of Payments
- Latvia's Balance of Payments (Key Items)
- Financial Stability Report
- Working Papers
- Other Publications
- New Bank Account Number IBAN
- Triennial Central Bank Survey of Foreign Exchange and Derivatives Market Activity
- Oversight of the Payment System in Latvia
- Latvia - Macroeconomic and Financial Developments
- Coins and Banknotes in Latvia
- Credit Institutions Supervision Department Annual Report 2000
- Credit Institutions Supervision Department Annual Report 1999
- Monetas. Coins.
- Collector Coin Issued within the International Program Millenium
- Participation of the Baltic States in the ERM II. Sharing the Views of the Central Banks
- Raoul Lättemäe. Estonia's Preparations for Joining the Euro Area
- Raimondas Kuodis. Risks in Fulfilling Maastricht Convergence Criteria: Lithuania's Perspective
- Helmuts Ancans. Maastricht Criteria Compliance Prospects in Latvia
- Participation in the ERM II. Comparison of the Main Indicators
- Information to the Public
- Press Releases
- 11/03/2010 On the Resolutions of the Bank of Latvia Council
- 05/03/2010 Latvia's Balance of Payments in the Fourth Quarter of 2009
- Archive
- IBAN
- Speeches by the Governor
- Press conferences by Ilmars Rimsevics, Governor of the Bank of Latvia
- Bank of Latvia Conferences
- Conference "Return to Sustainable Economic Growth and Stability in Latvia"
- Conference "Competitiveness: the Future Cornerstone of the Latvian Economy"
- Conference "Latvia on Its Way to Prosperity: Growth Potential and Development Prospects"
- Conference "The Sustainable Development of the Latvian Economy: Issues, Risks, Solutions"
- For Coin Collectors
- Latvian Money
- Lats and Santims
- What Should I do When I Receive a Counterfeit Banknote or Coin?
- Will I Receive Any Compensation for Handing Over of Counterfeit Currency?
- Refusal to Accept Lats and Santims as Payment
- The National Currency of Latvia
- Banknotes
- Banknotes of the Bank of Latvia
- 5 lats (Ls 5 in short)
- 10 lats (Ls 10 in short)
- 20 lats (Ls 20 in short)
- 50 lats (Ls 50 in short)
- 100 Lats (Ls 100 in short)
- 500 lats (Ls 500 in short)
- Circulation Coins
- 1 santims (1 s in short)
- 2 santims (2 s in short)
- 5 santims (5 s in short)
- 10 santims (10 s in short)
- 20 santims (20 s in short)
- 50 santims (50 s in short)
- 1 lats (Ls 1 in short)
- Salmon
- Stork
- Ant
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- Sprîdîtis
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- Owl Fibula
- Snowman
- Waterlily
- Chimney-sweep
- Namejs ring
- Christmas tree
- 2 lats (Ls 2 in short)
- 10 lats (Ls 10 in short)
- 100 lats (Ls 100 in short)
- Currency in Circulation
- Security Features of the Lats Banknotes
- Counterfeit Banknotes and Coins
- Reproduction of Banknotes and Coins
- Collector Coins of the Bank of Latvia
- National Coin Programmes
- International Coin Programmes
- The Bank of Latvia Plans to Issue New Collector Coins
- Riga's History in Coins
- Institutions Which Sell Collector Coins of the Bank of Latvia
- Information to Euro Coin Collectors
- The Cashier's Office
- For Finance Professionals
- Payment and Settlement Systems
- Oversight of the Payment System in Latvia
- SEPA
- Systems
- Participants of the Settlement Systems
- Electronic Money Institutions
- Oversight of the Securities Settlement Systems
- Review of Latvian Securities Settlement Systems
- Review of Latvian Securities Settlement Systems
- Disclosure Framework for Securities Settlement System
- Participants of the Securities Settlement System of the Bank of Latvia
- Business Continuity for Latvian Payment and Settlement Systems
- Financial Information
- Exchange Rates
- List of convertible currencies quoted by the Bank of Latvia
- Overview of Exchange Rates
- Currency Converter
- Calculation of the Lats Exchange Rates of Foreign Currencies not Quoted by the Bank of Latvia
- Subscribe to Exchange rates
- Market Operations
- Monetary Policy
- Exchange Rate Policy
- Monetary policy instruments
- Scheduled Meetings of the Council of the Bank of Latvia
- Highlights of Resolutions and Regulations Adopted in Pursuit of the Bank of Latvia's Main Tasks
- Pegging the Lats to the Euro
- I. The Current Monetary Policy: the Lats is Pegged to the Euro
- II. In what way will the change of the lats' peg affect the public and the economy?
- III. Some other questions related to the re-pegging of the lats
- Interest Rates Set by the Bank of Latvia
- Statistics
- Latvia's Balance of Payments Statistics
- Balance Sheet of the Bank of Latvia
- Banking and Monetary Statistics
- Banking and Monetary statistics
- Banking and Monetary Statistics. Archive
- Classification by Sector in Banking and Monetary Statistics
- Payment Systems' Statistics
- Effective Exchange Rates of the Lats
- Interest Rate Statistics
- Long-term Interest Rates for Assessing Convergence
- Securities Statistics
- Treasury Bill Discount Rates
- Initial Placement of the Government Securities in Competetive Multi-Price Tender. Archive
- Summary Results of a Tender of the Secondary Market for Securities
- Term Structure of Latvian Government Securities. Archive
- International Monetary Fund (IMF) statistics
- SDDS Data
- Financial Soundness Indicators (FSI)
- Coordinated Compilation Exercise (CCE) for Financial Soundness Indicators (FSI)
- OFI Statistics
- Additional Information
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