The second issue of the National Bank of Georgia’s scientific-analytical journal Monetary Economics for the current year has been published. The publication features articles prepared both by employees of the National Bank of Georgia and by external authors, including:

• Assessing Income Inequality in Georgia and its Potential Implications for Monetary Policy Transmission;
• Key Factors the Current Account Balance in Georgia: Dynamics and Structural Changes;
• Cryptocurrencies and the Challenges of Financial Globalization: The Transformation of Individual Monetary Choice;
• From Traditional Banking to Digital Ecosystems: The Super App Phenomenon And Permissible Banking Activities;
• Credit Derivatives and Securitization: Multi-Name Credit Instruments.

The scientific-analytical journal Monetary Economics serves as an academic resource for readers interested in monetary policy, banking and the broader financial sector, financial technologies, and capital market development, including young scholars and researchers. The journal provides a platform for professional, in-depth, and evidence-based dialogue.

The National Bank’s first analytical journal, Bank, was established approximately 25 years ago. It was later followed by the journal Economics and Banking. The journal is now being published in a renewed format, in both Georgian and English, under the title Monetary Economics.

For the next issue of the journal, the editorial board will accept articles from external authors via email at: monetaryeconomics@nbg.gov.ge