kind of an odd ratings system going on unemployment and inflation
a number of those countries have low unemployment but are very agrarian or have really poor paying jobs
not a decent comparison
besides we are still living in the aftermath of Greenspan and three decades of legislative and executive prodding to sell homes to those who can’t afford them
NIGERIA!?!? I’m sorry but that is funny right there... 23% unemployment and 12% inflation. Great job. The others on the list I tend to agree with but I think that Nigeria is a tad ridiculous.
/-sarc
Those Central Bankers scoring an "A" in the report published in the October issue of Global Finance include:
Australia | Glenn Stevens | A |
Canada | Mark Carney | A |
Israel | Stanley Fischer | A |
Malaysia | Zeti Akhtar Aziz | A |
Philippines | Amando Tetangco Jr. | A |
Taiwan | Fai-Nan Perng | A |
CENTRAL BANKER REPORT CARDS 2012
Country | Central Bank Governors |
Grade 2012 |
Grade 2011 |
Argentina | Mercedes Marcó del Pont |
D |
D |
Brazil | Alexandre Tombini | B | B+ |
Canada | Mark Carney | A | B+ |
Chile | Rodrigo Vergara | B+ | * |
Columbia | José Dario Uribe Escobar | B | N/A** |
Ecuador | Pedro Delgado | D | N/A** |
Mexico | Agustin Carstens | B+ | B |
Peru | José De Gregorio | B | N/A** |
United States | Ben Bernanke | B | C |
Country | Central Bank Governors |
Grade 2012 |
Grade 2011 |
Belarus | Nadezhda Ermakova | C | N/A** |
Czech Republic | Miroslav Singer | B | B |
European Union | Mario Draghi | B- | * |
Hungary | András Simor | C | C |
Norway | Øystein Olsen | B | Too early to say |
Poland | Marek Belka | B- | B |
Russia | Sergei Ignatiev | B+ | B |
Sweden | Stefan Ingves | B | B+ |
Switzerland | Thomas Jordan | Too early to say | * |
Turkey | Erdem Başçi | B | Too early to say |
Ukraine | Serhiy Abruzov | B | N/A** |
United Kingdom | Mervyn King | B- | B |
Country | Central Bank Governors |
Grade 2012 |
Grade 2011 |
Australia | Glenn Stevens | A | A |
Bangladesh | Atiur Rahman | C | N/A** |
China | Zhou Xiaochuan | B- | B |
India | Duvvuri Subbarao | C | B- |
Indonesia | Darmin Nasution | B | B |
Japan | Masaaki Shirakawa | C- | C |
Kazakhstan | Grigori Marchenko | B+ | N/A** |
Malaysia | Zeti Akhtar Aziz | A | A |
New Zealand | Alan Bollard | B | B |
Philippines | Amando Tetangco Jr. | A | A |
Singapore | Ravi Menon | B- | B |
South Korea | Kim Choongsoo | C | C |
Sri Lanka | Ajith Nivard Cabraal | B | N/A** |
Taiwan | Fai-Nan Perng | A | A |
Thailand | Prasarn Trairatvorakul | B+ | B+ |
Vietnam | Nguyen Van Binh | C | N/A** |
Country | Central Bank Governors |
Grade 2012 |
Grade 2011 |
Algeria | Mohammed Laksaci | C | N/A** |
Angola | José de Lima Massano | B | B |
Bahrain | Rasheed Mohammed Al-Maraj | B | B- |
Ethiopia | Teklewold Atnafu | C | N/A** |
Israel | Stanley Fischer | A | A |
Kenya | Njuguna Ndungu | B | N/A** |
Kuwait | Mohammad Yusef Al-Hashel | Too early to say | * |
Lebanon | Riad Salameh | C | A |
Morocco | Abdellatif Jouahri | B- | N/A** |
Nigeria | Sanusi Lamido Sanusi | B+ | B+ |
Qatar | Saud Al-Thani | B | * |
Saudi Arabia | Fahad Al-Mubarak | B+ | * |
South Africa | Gill Marcus | C | C |
United Arab Emirates | Sultan Nasser Al-Suweidi | B | N/A* |
*CB governor was rated in 2011, however, a different governor held the office.
**New country addition to Central Bank Report Cards in 2012, therefore no grade was given in 2011.
Mexico are you serious?
Carney's biggest problems are going to be keeping interest rates and the Canadian dollar at reasonable levels. Harper's biggest problem is going to be keeping Carney at his post.