Central Bank of Suriname

(Centrale Bank van Suriname)

Waterkant 20
Paramaribo
Suriname

Swift

CB VSSRPA

Telephone

+597 473 741

Fax

+597 476 444

Email

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Website

www.cbvs.sr

Office Hours

07:00-15:00

 

Brief History 
Established on 1 April 1957. It is the bank if ussuance and does not make commercial transactions.

Acting Governor
Ingeborg Geduld - Nijman (Mrs.)
Appointed by the government on August 12, 2015

Board Members
L. Pinas-Halfhide (Mrs) (Acting Government Commissioner)
R. Soentik
M. Tuur
C. Linger-Van der Ziel (Mrs)
S. Burleson (Mrs)

Executive Directors
Frits Konigferander (Acting Coordinator) (Supervision)
William Orie (Coordinator) (Monetary and Economic Affairs)
Florine Ligeon (Mrs) (Coordinator) (Banking)
 
Management Team
Ingeborg Geduld - Nijman (Mrs), Acting Governor
Frits Konigferander (Acting Coordinator) (Supervision)
William Orie, Coordinator Monetary & Economic Affairs
Florine Ligeon (Mrs), Coordinator Banking
Hortence Panka (Mrs), Manager Finance
Mirdita Elstak (Mrs), Manager Corporate Services
Maikel Soekhnandan, Executive Manager
 
 
Department Heads
H. Panka (Mrs) (Accounting)
K. Makandra (Budget and Control)
K. Soemodipoero (Cashier)
M. Brunings-Stolz (Center for Financial Education and Development)
L. NIjman (Domestic Payments)
S. Gaurisankar  (Financial Market)
R. Adhin (Financial Stability)
M. Satimin (General Affairs)
R. Gallant (Gold Laboratory)
N. Pieters (Mrs) (Acting) (Human Resources)
R. Wong A Foe (Information and Technology Communication)
H. Karijooetomo (Internal Audit)
I.G. Soehawan (International Payments)
M. Soekhnandan (International Relations)
A. Limon-Sof (Mrs) (Legal)
P. Peroti (Mrs) (Library)
S. Moetoer (Procurement)
N. Pieters (Mrs) (Protocol and Traffic)
K. Eckhorst (Research)
D. Calor (Security)
S. Jahangir-Abdoelrahman (Mrs) (Statistics)
D. van Leeuwen (Supervision Banking Sector)
P. Pocorni (Mrs) (Supervision Insurance Sector)
F. Konigferander (Supervision Pension Sector)
A. Choennie (Mrs) (Supervision Savings & Credit Sector)
 
 
Former Governors

G. A. Hoefdraad

September 2010 - August 2015

A. E. Telting

September 2000 to August 2010

H.O. Goedschalk

January 1997 to August 2000

A. E.Telting

March 1994 to December 1996

H.O. Goedschalk

January 1985 to January 1994

J. Sedney

December 1980 to January 1983

R.V.M. de Miranda

July 1963 to December 1980

R.W. Groenman

April 1957 to October 1961

 
Staff Numbers 
2015:  461

Staff Gender Ratio
2015: 50% female/50% male

 

 

Exchange RatesMarch 09th and until further notice

Currency Buying Selling
USD 14,018 14,290
EUR 16,628 16,959
GBP 19,396 19,782
ANG 7,699 7,852
AWG 7,784 7,939
BRL 2,438 2,485
TTD 2,063 2,103
BBD 6,907 7,044
XCD 5,190 5,293
PER 100 GYD 6,657 6,790

Gold CertificatesMarch 09th and until further notice

Coupon SRD
5 gram 7.814,97
10 gram 15.629,94
50 gram 78.149,69
100 gram 156.299,39
500 gram 781.496,94
1000 gram 1562993,88
Gold LME: USD 1.701,00 /tr.oz.

Inflation

    Average End-of-period
2022   52.4 54.6
       
2023   Month-to-month Year-to-year
Jan   3.7 55.6
Feb   3.2 57.9
Mar   3.2 59.6
Apr   5.7 65.4
May   2.4 65.0
Jun   2.3 54.6
Jul   3.0 56.6
Aug   2.0 53.5
Sep   1.5 50.8
Oct   1.0 42.9
Nov   0.6 38.7
Dec   0.1 32.6
       
2024   Month-to-month Year-to-year
Jan   0.9 29.0
Feb   0.4 25.4
Mar   4.4 26.8
Apr   0.7 20.9
May   0.5 18.6
Jun   0.2 16.2
Jul   0.1 13.0
Aug   0.3 11.1
Sep   0.9 10.5
Oct   0.6 10.1
Nov   0.2 9.6
Dec   0.5 10.1
       
2025   Month-to-month Year-to-year
Jan   0.6 9.9
Feb   0.4 9.9
Mar   0.5 5.7
Apr*   0.7 5.6

*) Preliminary figures

 

 

Weighted Average RatesJune 05 - 15:00h (Transfers)

Currency Buying Selling
USD 36.761 36.788
EUR 42.071 42.293
GBP 49.878 50.855
XCG 20.198 20.594
AWG 20.423 20.823
BRL 6.528 6.656
TTD 5.427 5.534
BBD 18.122 18.477
XCD 13.615 13.882
GYD PER 100 17.468 17.810
CNY 5.120 5.221

Weighted Average RatesJune 05 - 15:00h (Banknotes)

Currency Buying Selling
USD 37.781 38.108
EUR 42.214 42.745
GBP 51.262 52.277
XCG 20.759 21.170
AWG 20.989 21.405
BRL 6.709 6.842
TTD 5.578 5.688
BBD 18.624 18.993
XCD 13.993 14.270
GYD PER 100 17.952 18.308
CNY 5.263 5.367

Gold CertificatesJune 05

Coupon SRD
5 gram 39.795,17
10 gram 79.590,34
50 gram 397.951,69
100 gram 795.903,39
500 gram 3.979.516,93
1000 gram 7.959.033,86
Gold LBMA USD 3.364,60 /tr.oz.

Weighted Average Accepted
OMO Rate

Auction ID Auction Date Rate (%)
CBTD250604-1W 2025-06-04 4,5
CBTD250528-1W 2025-05-28 5,0
CBTD250521-1W 2025-05-21 5,0
CBTD250514-1W 2025-05-14 6,0

Standing Lending Facility Interest Rate

Auction ID Auction Date Rate (%)
CBTD250604-1W 2025-06-04 5,4
CBTD250528-1W 2025-05-28 6,0
CBTD250521-1W 2025-05-21 6,0
CBTD250514-1W 2025-05-14 7,2
Balance sheet

Inflation

    Average End-of-period
2022   52.4 54.6
       
2023   Month-to-month Year-to-year
Jan   3.7 55.6
Feb   3.2 57.9
Mar   3.2 59.6
Apr   5.7 65.4
May   2.4 65.0
Jun   2.3 54.6
Jul   3.0 56.6
Aug   2.0 53.5
Sep   1.5 50.8
Oct   1.0 42.9
Nov   0.6 38.7
Dec   0.1 32.6
       
2024   Month-to-month Year-to-year
Jan   0.9 29.0
Feb   0.4 25.4
Mar   4.4 26.8
Apr   0.7 20.9
May   0.5 18.6
Jun   0.2 16.2
Jul   0.1 13.0
Aug   0.3 11.1
Sep   0.9 10.5
Oct   0.6 10.1
Nov   0.2 9.6
Dec   0.5 10.1
       
2025   Month-to-month Year-to-year
Jan   0.6 9.9
Feb   0.4 9.9
Mar   0.5 5.7
Apr*   0.7 5.6

*) Preliminary figures