Digitalization transforms many aspects of business activity, reduces the role of cash in financial intermediation, and promotes the emergence of new forms of money. This is a major challenge for the central banks.
The central bank of Slovakia, NBS continues to regulate the loan market in order to stop the rising indebtedness of Slovaks. While the first measures were introduced last year, the new ones were put in place in July.
The global economic recovery and the boom on capital markets increased the assets of public investment institutions by USD2.5 trillion last year.