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All members have militaries, except for Iceland, which does not have a typical army (but it does have a coast guard and a small unit of civilian specialists for NATO operations). Three of NATO's members are nuclear weapons states: France, the United Kingdom, and the United States. NATO has 12 original founding member states.
Country Regional organisations Afghanistan ACD, SAARC, ECO Albania OSCE, NATO, Council of Europe, BSEC, SEECP, CEFTA Algeria African Union, Arab League, OPEC Andorra ...
Central bank name Currency Currency share percentage of global allocated reserves in Q4 2022 (%) Central bank governor Native name of central bank Establishment United States: Federal Reserve: United States dollar: 58.36 Jerome Powell: 1913 European Union: European Central Bank: Euro: 20.47 Christine Lagarde: 1998 Japan: Bank of Japan: Japanese ...
Nato asks every member country to spend at least 2% of national income - also known as GDP - on defence. It is thought that 23 countries met that target in 2024 , compared to only three in 2014. [BBC]
The bank is not linked to any ministry, currently being autonomous. Like other central banks, the Brazilian central bank is the principal monetary authority of the country. It received this authority when it was founded by three different institutions: the Bureau of Currency and Credit (SUMOC), the Bank of Brazil (BB), and the National Treasury.
The monetary authority of the Latin American country has said it expects to launch a final version of its central bank digital currency by 2024.
The bank has a starting capital of $50 billion, with wealth increased to $100 billion over time. [152] Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa initially contributed $10 billion each to bring the total to $50 billion. [151] [152] As of 2020, it had 53 projects underway worth around $15 billion. [153]
Several central and Eastern European countries began marking on Thursday the 20th anniversary of the largest expansion of the NATO military alliance when formerly socialist countries became ...