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