World's Top Central Bankers (2009)

Global Finance Magazine has named the world’s top central bankers for 2009 (click here to read the full report):

The “Central Banker Report Card” feature, published annually by Global Finance since 1994, grades central bank governors of 30 key countries (and the ECB) on an “A” to “F” scale for success in areas such as inflation control, economic growth goals, currency stability and interest rate management. (“A” represents an excellent performance down through “F” for outright failure.)

2009 Central Banker Report Cards

THE AMERICAS Grade This Year Grade Last Year Argentina Martin Redrado C D Brazil Henrique de Campos Meirelles B+ B+ Canada Mark Carney

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Chile José De Gregorio B B- Mexico Guillermo Ortiz B B United States Ben Bernanke C C- EUROPE





Czech Republic Zdenek Tuma A B European Union Jean-Claude Trichet A C Hungary András Simor B B Norway Svein Gjedrem C- B Poland Slawomir Skrzypek B D Russia Sergei M. Ignatiev C- D Sweden Stefan Ingves C- B Switzerland Jean-Pierre Roth B C Turkey Durmus Yilmaz B C United Kingdom Mervyn King B D ASIA





Australia Glenn Stevens A B China Zhou Xiaochuan C B- India Duvvuri Subbarao B N/A Indonesia Darmin Nasution Too early N/A Japan Masaaki Shirakawa B- N/A Malaysia Zeti Akhtar Aziz A B New Zealand Alan Bollard C D Philippines Amando M. Tetangco Jr. B B Singapore Heng Swee Keat B A South Korea Lee Seongtae A B Taiwan Fai-Nan Perng A A Thailand Tarisa Watanagase C C AFRICA & THE MIDDLE EAST





Israel Stanley Fischer A B Saudi Arabia Muhammad Al-Jasser C N/A South Africa Tito Mboweni B A