The Central Bank fills the traditional roles as issuer of legal tender, banker to both domestic banks and the government, and regulator and supervisor of the banking sector. As supervisor of banks, the Central Bank promotes the soundness of banks through the effective application of international regulatory and supervisory standards.
Accordingly, it is the duty of the Bank to promote and maintain monetary stability and credit and balance of payments conditions conducive to the orderly development of the economy; to promote and maintain an adequate banking system and high standards of conduct and management therein; and to advise the Minister of Finance on any matter of a financial or monetary nature.
Additionally, one of the Bank's major objectives is to safeguard the external value of the Bahamian dollar, which is fixed at a 1:1 parity with the United States dollar. | 
