Philippines governor Espenilla dies after 18 months in office

Career central banker tightened monetary policy and championed payment system reforms

Nestor Espenilla
Nestor Espenilla
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The Philippines Central Bank announced that governor Nestor Espenilla died of cancer on February 23 after just over 18 months in the role.

He was a career central banker, who considerably tightened monetary policy during his brief period as governor. The Philippines government also recently approved a major increase in the central bank’s capital and significant reforms in its governance. Espenilla was credited by some observers with significant reforms during his time in charge of supervising

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