Governing boards approve majority of strategic plans
Departmental heads widely assigned implementation duties
Strategic plans are generally approved by central bank governing boards, the Strategic Planning Benchmarks 2025 find.
Thirty-three of 40 central bank boards (82.5%) give strategic plan approval in their jurisdictions. The task is also the function of governors (52.5%) in just over half of central banks. Government ministers (2.5%) and secretariats (2.5%) are the entities least likely to approve strategic plans.
A related question shows that departmental heads (87.5%) of central banks are
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