Global Finance’s annual evaluation of the work of the world’s central bankers found some stellar performances, and some dismal ones. The toughest challenge for many: propping up falling prices.
GRADES BY REGION
Country
|
Central Bank Governor
|
Grade This Year
|
Grade Last Year
|
THE AMERICAS
|
Argentina
|
Alejandro Vanoli
|
D
|
N/A*
|
Bolivia
|
Marcelo Zabalaga Estrada
|
B+
|
B
|
Brazil
|
Alexandre Tombini
|
B-
|
B-
|
Canada
|
Stephen Poloz
|
B-
|
B
|
Chile
|
Rodrigo Vergara
|
B+
|
A-
|
Colombia
|
José Darío Uribe Escobar
|
A-
|
A-
|
Costa Rica
|
Olivier Castro Pérez
|
B
|
B
|
Ecuador
|
Diego Martinez
|
Too early to say
|
B-
|
Guatemala
|
Julio Roberto Suárez
|
D
|
N/A*
|
Mexico
|
Agustín Carstens
|
B+
|
B
|
Paraguay
|
Carlos Fernández Valdovinos
|
A
|
N/A**
|
Peru
|
Julio Velarde Flores
|
A
|
B+
|
United States
|
Janet Yellen
|
A-
|
Too early to say
|
Uruguay
|
Mario Bergara
|
B
|
N/A*
|
Venezuela
|
Nelson Merentes
|
D
|
D
|
EUROPE
|
Belarus
|
Pavel Kallaur
|
Too early to say
|
N/A*
|
Bulgaria
|
Dimitar Radev
|
Too early to say
|
N/A*
|
Czech Republic
|
Miroslav Singer
|
A
|
B+
|
Denmark
|
Lars Rohde
|
B+
|
B+
|
European Union
|
Mario Draghi
|
A
|
A-
|
Hungary
|
György Matolcsy
|
B
|
B-
|
Iceland
|
Már Guðmundsson
|
B+
|
N/A**
|
Norway
|
Øystein Olsen
|
B+
|
B-
|
Poland
|
Marek Belka
|
B
|
B-
|
Romania
|
Mugur Isărescu
|
B
|
B
|
Russia
|
Elvira Nabiullina
|
B
|
B
|
Sweden
|
Stefan Ingves
|
B
|
B+
|
Switzerland
|
Thomas Jordan
|
B+
|
A
|
Turkey
|
Erdem Başçı
|
C
|
B-
|
Ukraine
|
Valeria Gontareva
|
C
|
Too early to say
|
United Kingdom
|
Mark Carney
|
B
|
B-
|
ASIA
|
Australia
|
Glenn Stevens
|
B
|
B+
|
Azerbaijan
|
Elman Rustamov
|
C
|
C
|
Bangladesh
|
Atiur Rahman
|
B-
|
C
|
China
|
Zhou Xiaochuan
|
C
|
B-
|
Hong Kong
|
Norman Chan
|
B
|
B
|
India
|
Raghuram Rajan
|
A
|
A
|
Indonesia
|
Agus Martowardojo
|
B-
|
B
|
Japan
|
Haruhiko Kuroda
|
B
|
B+
|
Kazakhstan
|
Kairat Kelimbetov
|
B-
|
C
|
Malaysia
|
Zeti Akhtar Aziz
|
A
|
A
|
New Zealand
|
Graeme Wheeler
|
B
|
B
|
Pakistan
|
Ashraf Mahmood Wathra
|
B-
|
Too early to say
|
Philippines
|
Amando Tetangco Jr.
|
A
|
A
|
Singapore
|
Ravi Menon
|
B-
|
B
|
South Korea
|
Lee Ju-yeol
|
B
|
Too early to say
|
Sri Lanka
|
Arjuna Mahendran
|
Too early to say
|
N/A*
|
Taiwan
|
Perng Fai-nan
|
A
|
A
|
Thailand
|
Veerathai Santiprabhob
|
Too early to say
|
N/A*
|
Uzbekistan
|
Fayzulla Mullajanov
|
C-
|
D
|
Vietnam
|
Nguyen Van Binh
|
B-
|
B-
|
MIDDLE EAST & AFRICA
|
|
|
Algeria
|
Mohammed Laksaci
|
B
|
B-
|
Angola
|
José Pedro de Morais
|
Too early to say
|
N/A*
|
Bahrain
|
Rasheed al-Maraj
|
B-
|
B-
|
Botswana
|
Linah Mohohlo
|
B+
|
N/A**
|
Egypt
|
Hisham Ramez
|
B
|
B
|
Ethiopia
|
Teklewold Atnafu
|
B+
|
B-
|
Ghana
|
Henry Kofi Wampah
|
C
|
C
|
Iraq
|
Abdul Basit Turki
|
C
|
B-
|
Israel
|
Karnit Flug
|
A
|
A
|
Jordan
|
Ziad Fariz
|
B+
|
B
|
Kenya
|
Patrick Njoroge
|
Too early to say
|
N/A*
|
Kuwait
|
Mohammad Yusuf Al-Hashel
|
B-
|
B+
|
Lebanon
|
Riad Salameh
|
B+
|
B
|
Morocco
|
Abdellatif Jouahri
|
B+
|
B
|
Namibia
|
Ipumbu Shiimi
|
B
|
N/A**
|
Nigeria
|
Godwin Emefiele
|
C
|
Too early to say
|
Oman
|
Hamood Sangour Al Zadjali
|
B+
|
B
|
Qatar
|
Abdullah Saud Al-Thani
|
B+
|
B
|
Saudi Arabia
|
Fahad al-Mubarak
|
A-
|
A
|
South Africa
|
Lesetja Kganyago
|
B+
|
N/A*
|
Tunisia
|
Chedly Ayari
|
B-
|
B
|
Uganda
|
Emmanuel Tumusiime-Mutebile
|
B
|
N/A**
|
United Arab Emirates
|
Mubarak Rashid Al Mansouri
|
B
|
N/A*
|
*CB governor was graded in 2014, however a different governor held the office.
**New country addition to the Central Bank Report Cards in 2015, therefore no grade was given in 2014.
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