María Fernanda Medina

Central Bank of Venezuela (BCV) is the Venezuelan Government's central bank. Created by law in 1939, the Bank's fundamental objective is to achieve price stability and preserve the internal and external value of the currency as part of public policies designed to facilitate economic development in Venezuela. Based in Caracas, BCV formulates and carries out monetary policy, participates in designing and carrying out exchange rate policy, regulates currency, credit and interest rates, and administers international reserves. The Bank also manages the Macroeconomic Stabilization Fund, a Government of Venezuela fund which was created in 1999 to hedge the fluctuation of income generated by crude oil and to stimulate non-commodity sectors of the economy in an effort to diversify and reduce reliance on oil.