What is the mandate of central banks?

Rambo35

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I have heard that question over and over again and a lot of new traders and apparently more experienced traders struggle with the answer. The shortest answer I could give is that they need to ensure long-term price stability and maintain a pro-growth environment and keep inflationary pressures at bay while avoiding a deflationary environment.

I came across a post over at the Paxforex blog labeled ‘What is the role of central banks?’ which reminded me of countless discussion online as well as offline about this topic and I wanted to extend the discussion into this forum as well to get the opinion of you guys about it.

What do you think their roles are and what should they be? Would you propose an abolishment of central banks? Do you think they are too close to politics?