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author(s) and do not necessarily represent the views of the IMF, its Executive Board, or IMF management.
IMF Working Papers describe research in progress by the author(s) and are published to elicit
comments and to encourage debate. The views expressed in IMF Working Papers are those of the
author(s) and do not necessarily represent the views of the IMF, its Executive Board, or IMF management.
The paper discusses the reasons for central bank (CB) issuance of securities, and reasons for
choosing different approaches e.g. in maturities and target market. It provides evidence on
the range of different approaches taken by those CBs which do issue, as well as suggesting
reasons why some CBs do not; and provides operational guidelines on the major building
blocks of the issuance of CB securities.