GlossaryGuide

A foreign official institution includes the following:

1. Treasuries, including ministries of finance, or corresponding departments of national governments; central banks; including all departments thereof; stabilization funds, including official exchange control offices or other government exchange authorities; diplomatic and consular establishments and other departments and agencies of national governments
2. International and regional organizations.
3. Banks, corporations, or other agencies (including development banks and institutions that are majority-owned by central governments) that are fiscal agents of national governments, performing activities similar to those of a treasury, central bank, stabilization fund, or exchange control authority.”