Taiwan central bank governor Yang Chin-long received an A- rating in the annual Central Banker Report Cards 2026 compiled by New York-based magazine Global Finance. This is the second consecutive year he has received this rating.
As Taipei Times reports, Yang Chin-long was among 25 central bank governors worldwide whom Global Finance assigned the top categories of A+, A or A-. Through an assistant, he thanked the publication for the recognition and said that he and his colleagues at the central bank would continue their work.
Assessment criteria
The magazine evaluates central bank governors on a scale from A to F. The criteria include success in curbing inflation, achieving economic growth targets, maintaining currency stability, managing interest rates and preserving political independence. An A rating means excellent performance, while F signifies total failure.
Global Finance founder and editorial director Joseph Giarraputo said central bank governors must balance inflationary pressures, uncertain economic growth and rapidly changing conditions while maintaining the confidence of markets and the public.
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Ranking results
Only the governors of the central banks of Denmark and Peru received the highest A+ rating this year. An A rating was awarded to representatives of Chile, Costa Rica, Guatemala, India, Jamaica, Paraguay, Singapore and South Africa.
Along with Yang Chin-long, governors of the central banks of Albania, Argentina, Cambodia, the Czech Republic, the Dominican Republic, Kenya, Kuwait, Morocco, the Philippines, Poland, Serbia, Switzerland, Tanzania and the United Arab Emirates received an A- rating. Global Finance has published this ranking annually since 1994, evaluating central bank heads in nearly 100 countries, territories and districts, as well as the European Union and several regional central banks.
Yang Chin-long has worked at Taiwan’s central bank since 1989 and became its governor in February 2018. He previously received an A rating in 2019, 2020, 2022 and 2023, an A- in 2021 and a B+ in 2024.
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