Highlights

• Press conference of the Governor of Latvijas Banka

  12.09.2016

  The growth rate of the Latvian economy is far from satisfactory. GDP growth is slowing, lending continues to be weak, competitiveness is poor and structural reforms are not taking place. For details, please see the press conference address by the Governor of Latvijas Banka.
• National one stop agency for verifying suspected counterfeit money at Latvijas Banka

  29.06.2016

  On 1 July 2016, a single currency monitoring centre starts functioning at Latvijas Banka. The centre has been formed by joining the forces and functions of the National Analysis Centre, the Coin National Analysis Centre (both currently within the structure of the Latvian State Police) and the National Counterfeit Centre (currently within the structure of Latvijas Banka).
• Press conference of the Governor of Latvijas Banka

  10.06.2016

  The beginning of the year could not unfortunately boast many positive pieces of news regarding the trends in Latvian economy. So now would be the right time, to turn increasingly to those factors that would allow us to renew the growth potential of the Latvian economy and ensure growth on par with the developed European countries.
• The number of non-cash payments continues to grow primarily on account of card payments

  26.02.2016

  Widespread use of non-cash payments in our country continued in the second half of 2015. The total volume of payments made by customers increased by 7.5%, but the total value of payments augmented almost by 7% in comparison with the first half of 2015. The rise in non-cash payments was primarily on account of card payments, which were the most frequently used non-cash settlement.