Articles by Central Banking staff
Strategic Planning Benchmarks 2025 – executive summary
The first strategic planning benchmark reveals strategic priorities, frameworks and KPIs
Dallas Fed study adds to official scepticism of US tariffs
Research says potential for domestic gains will depend on other countries not responding
Tariffs already raising US inflation – Fed study
Researchers say trade policies were starting to affect consumer prices in March
Global reset is testing emerging markets – Gopinath
IMF’s deputy managing director says small economies must be ready to respond forcefully to inflation
Strategic Planning Benchmarks 2025 Charts
Take a deep dive into the Strategic Planning Benchmarks charts, which have just been released for 2025.
Over half of central banks employ strategic progress monitoring tools
Just a quarter of jurisdictions evaluate success with external means
Most central banks gauge strategic plans with KPIs
Respondents reveal KPI use cases in operations and compliance with mandate
AI poses financial stability risks, says RBNZ report
Market concentration among potential sources of instability, research finds
Central banks rate strategic plan visibility and authority highest
Resourcing tends to be somewhat more challenging across jurisdictions
Third of central banks link staff remuneration to strategic plan
Strategic planners are paid $40,000 on average per year
Strategic plans widely integrated into staff annual reviews
Staffing averages just under five persons in strategic planning units
Strategic control often operates on quarterly cycle
Banks with centralised strategic planning also tend to centralise strategic control