Strategic Planning Benchmarks 2025 report – charting a path
The first strategic planning benchmark sheds light on department structure, control methods and KPIs
Central banks are expected to chart a course into a future that looks increasingly digital, but also highly uncertain. Though there is a wide range of approaches at central banks, some key findings stand out. The average strategic plan is built around six pillars and updated roughly every three to five years. Almost all the central banks in the sample treat digital transformation and upgrading payments as key goals.
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Cascading plans
One of the challenges of strategic planning is ‘cascading’ the plan from the top managers who approve it down to the staff who need to implement it. Some central banks achieve this in part by linking progress towards the plan to staff annual reviews.
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Strategic Planning Benchmarks 2025 – model banks analysis
Data breakdowns reveal differences in strategic goals, department structure and salaries
Strategic Planning Benchmarks 2025 – executive summary
The first strategic planning benchmark reveals strategic priorities, frameworks and KPIs
Strategic Planning Benchmarks 2025 report – charting a path
The first strategic planning benchmark sheds light on department structure, control methods and KPIs
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
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