The Bank remains committed to deepening its role in public financial education. To achieve this, the Bank engages in a number of outreach activities through its National Financial Literacy Programme (NFLP), the Know Your Money campaign and provision of Public Education Resources designed to promote financial awareness to the public.
Public Education Resources
Public Education Resources
The Central Bank’s Educational Resources is a series of written and visual summaries of Central Banking roles and functions, terms and concepts in an easy-to-follow format. Learn with CeeBee, our Mascot, who will guide you through each video designed with our local context in mind. Printable transcripts of each video are available for download.
What is Money?
Money has always been a pertinent topic – how we earn it, use it…even the various forms it takes! Interestingly though not many are familiar with the origins of money or can easily define what money is. In this edition of the Bank’s Public Education Series we explain the concept and evolution of money.
Roles & Functions of The Central Bank
The Bank shall have as its purpose the promotion of such monetary, credit and exchange policies as would foster monetary and financial stability and public confidence and be favourable to the economy of Trinidad and Tobago.
Inflation
Inflation measures the increase in the general price level. The Bank, being responsible for the maintenance of price stability, closely monitors the inflation rate in its policy decision making.