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Gita Gopinath named IMF chief economist
Harvard academic is a specialist in international finance and an adviser to central banks
Caputo quits as Argentina central bank chief
Former finance minister cites ‘personal reasons’ for departure after just three months
Podcast: Croatia’s Željka Majher says central banks should set diversity goals
Director of HR at the Croatian National Bank says numerical gender targets may not be the way to go
Female regulators increase stability of the financial system, IMF paper finds
IMF research: including women in the regulatory process has benefits “beyond” equality
People: NY Fed names new chief information officer
Pamela Chase Dyson to lead tech group; Richard Clarida sworn in; EBA appoints board member
Mary Daly takes San Fran Fed presidency
Head of research succeeds John Williams as president of Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Governor returns to Sudan’s central bank to fill leadership gap
Hazem Abdelqader died suddenly of a heart attack on a visit to Turkey
People: Lagarde rules out transition to top EU jobs
IMF chief dismisses rumours linking her to upcoming changes in EU leadership positions; Bundesbank appoints executive board members; Thailand picks board member
Carney agrees seven-month extension to term
BoE governor continues to avoid full eight-year term laid out in the central bank law
Turkish deputy governor resigns to join development bank
Erkan Kilimci was appointed to role in May 2016 and held MPC seat
Carney signals ‘willingness’ to stay at BoE
Governor implies he is “willing” to serve another year, though decision falls to Treasury
Clarida confirmed as Fed vice-chair
US Senate approves appointment with 69 votes in favour, 26 against and four abstentions
Politician given National Bank of Austria presidency
Harald Mahrer named bank president as Freedom Party prepares for governor appointment
Sierra Leone’s president fires governor and appoints successor
Recently-elected president appoints academic as economy’s problems worsen
People: Chinese and Turkish central banks each gain new deputy governors
Bank of England director to lead Irish central bank financial stability department; and more
Central Bank of Myanmar governor reappointed
The 79-year-old junta-era official will lead the central bank until 2023
Right-wing commentator appointed to RBI board
Swaminathan Gurumurthy has been critical of the RBI in the past
People: China names new vice-governor
New appointments unveiled in China, Singapore, Ireland and the US
Somalia central bank begins global search for new governor
Central bank looks for suitable candidate to continue major reforms
People: Bank of Spain governor nominates new deputy
Governor nominates first female candidate to deputy role; central banks in Colombia and Seychelles get new board members; IMF appoints new legal head
Podcast: LSE’s Ilka Gleibs discusses the psychology behind diversity
LSE professor discusses why people need to stop blaming women’s behaviour for a lack of diversity within economics and central banking
People: Maurice Obstfeld to retire from IMF in December
Macau reappoints monetary authority chairman to one-year term
New Central Bank of Iran governor appointed
Ministers choose not to renew the term of Valiollah Seif, amid continued rial instability
Central Bank of Ireland criticises banks for gender imbalance
Approach to diversity is inconsistent and not evident in a number of cases, review finds