【答案解析】A: Do you know the functions of central banks? B: It's a bank to the government. It is involved in some highly specialized operations peculiar to it as the central bank. These functions include: maintenance of central government accounts, provision of temporary "ways and means" advances and management of government borrowing. A: I know that most of the central banks in the world work closely with a number of international bodies. In this category, the central bank has the function of settlement of their foreign exchange operations. B: And also when there is a shortage of funds in the money market, the central bank will normally give assistance to the financial institution. This is called lender of last resort. The function is used to rescue a bank in case of a disorderly financial collapse. A: Yes, but we haven't mentioned its most general responsibility. Most of the central bank in the world prints and issues banknotes.