Monetary Policy Council

The Monetary Policy Council, Polish: Rada Polityki Pieniężnej, (RPP) is a body of the NBP.

Each year, in parallel with the budget project presented by the government, the MPC sets the bases of monetary policy. It sets the level of the NBP’s interest rates, the rules and levels of bank’s reserve obligations, sets an upper limit on obligations resulting from loans taken by the NBP in foreign banking and financial institutions.

The MPC is made up of: Council Leader, who is the President of the NBP, and nine other members, selected in equal parts by the President of Poland, the Sejm and the Senate. Members of the MPC are chosen to serve for six year terms.

Members of MPC

1998 - 2004^[1]

• Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz (until 2000) - President of NBP - Chairman of the MPC
• Leszek Balcerowicz (since 2001) - President of NBP - Chairman of the MPC
• Marek Dąbrowski
• Bogusław Grabowski
• Cezary Józefiak
• Janusz Krzyżewski (deceased 2003)
• Wojciech Łączkowski
• Jerzy Pruski
• Dariusz Rosati
• Grzegorz Wójtowicz
• Wiesława Ziółkowska
• Jan Czekaj (since 2003)

2004 - 2010^[2]

• Leszek Balcerowicz (until January 10, 2007) - President of NBP - Chairman of the MPC
• Sławomir Skrzypek (since January 10, 2007) - President of NBP - Chairman of the MPC
• Jan Czekaj
• Dariusz Filar
• Stanisław Nieckarz
• Marian Noga
• Stanisław Owsiak
• Mirosław Pietrewicz
• Andrzej Sławiński
• Halina Wasilewska-Trenkner
• Andrzej Wojtyna

References

1. ^ First term of office of the Monetary Policy Council
2. ^ Monetary Policy Council