Kathmandu. A report card has been released to evaluate the annual performance of the Governor of Nepal Rastra Bank. According to a recent report released by Global Finance, the Governor of Nepal, Dr. Bishwanath Poudel has received a ‘B’ grade. <\/p>\n
Global Finance has released the performance evaluation of the Governors based on the period from July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026. <\/p>\n
Effectiveness of monetary policy, regulation and supervision of financial sector, policy transparency, autonomy of the central bank, economic forecasting and contribution to achieving the national economic goals have been made the main basis of the evaluation. <\/p>\n
According to the report, the governors of the world’s major central banks have been given a grade from ‘A’ plus to ‘F’. ‘A plus’ is the best and ‘F’ is the weakest. In the evaluation, the Governor of Nepal Rastra Bank, Dr. Poudel has received the ‘B’ grade. Poudel became the governor of the Rastra Bank from May 2025. The report shows that there has been a significant improvement in Nepal’s external economic stability during the initial period of his tenure. <\/p>\n
The NRB has maintained the policy rate at 4.25 per cent and the bank rate at 5.75 per cent at a time when inflation remained relatively low. <\/p>\n
In Global Finance’s 2026 Central Banker Report Card, the governors of Denmark and Peru received an ‘A plus’ grade, while Chile, Costa Rica, Guatemala, India, Jamaica, Paraguay, Singapore and South Africa received an ‘A’ grade. Albania, Argentina, Cambodia, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, Kenya, Kuwait, Morocco, the Philippines, Poland, Serbia, Switzerland, Taiwan and the United Arab Emirates received an ‘A minus’ grade. Australia, Bahamas, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Egypt, Nigeria, Sri Lanka, Zambia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, the European Union, Hungary, Norway, Jordan and Saudi Arabia have got ‘B’ plus, while Nepal, Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bahrain, Qatar, Sweden, Turkey and the UK have been rated ‘B’. <\/p>\n
Pakistan, South Korea and Nealand have been rated B minus, Angola, Ghana, Mauritania and Mozambique have been rated C plus, Bank of Central African States, Gambia, Georgia and Rwanda have been rated C plus, Iceland has been rated C minus and Tunisia has been rated D plus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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