National Bank of the Republic of North Macedonia leads Spring Meetings delegation and engages New York Fed on US dollar payments cooperation

The National Bank of the Republic of North Macedonia announced that Governor Anita Angelovska-Bezhoska and Finance Minister Gordana Dimitrieska-Kochoska will lead the country’s delegation to the World Bank Group and International Monetary Fund Spring Meetings in Washington, DC, alongside Vice Governors Fadil Bajrami and Ana Mitreska. On the margins of the meetings, the central bank team has already met representatives of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and has scheduled further engagements with the IMF, the World Bank and the Alliance for Financial Inclusion. Discussions with the New York Fed focused on strengthening cooperation on US dollar payments and transactions and on approaches to managing government securities, with additional exchanges on monetary policy, foreign reserve management, risks and emerging banking trends. Planned IMF meetings include discussions with Deputy Managing Director Bo Li, Europe Director Alfred Kammer, Executive Director Heroen Klik and Alternate Executive Director Marnix van Rij, the IMF country team, and staff from the Statistics, Monetary and Capital Markets, and Legal departments to review progress in the institutions’ cooperation. The delegation will also meet World Bank Vice President Antonella Bassani and Western Balkans Director Xiaoqing Yu, attend the constituency members’ meeting, engage with the Alliance for Financial Inclusion on financial and gender inclusion, and take part in a World Bank roundtable on regional cooperation in payment systems. This year’s Spring Meetings are held under the theme “Work – the path to success”.