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Physical address and contact detail:
Central Bank of Lesotho
Physical:
Corner Airport and Moshoeshoe Roads
Maseru
Lesotho
Postal:
P O Box 1184
Maseru 100
Lesotho
Phone:
+266 223 14281
Fax:
+266 223 10557
Website: http://www.centralbank.org.ls
History:
The Central Bank of Lesotho commenced its operations in January 1980 as the Lesotho Monetary Authority. The status of the authority was elevated to that of a central bank in 1982, with the main functions of promoting internal and external monetary stability and maintaining a sound monetary and financial system in Lesotho in order to provide the financial conditions for balanced and sustained economic growth. In August 2000, the principal law of the Bank was reviewed to provide the primary and sole objective of the Bank as being to achieve and maintain price stability