Global Finance: Czech National Bank’s governor among world’s top seven central bankers

The US-based Global Finance Magazine has put the governor of the Czech National Bank, Zdeněk Tůma, among the world’s top seven central bankers for 2009. According to the magazine, Mr Tůma responded well to the imminent economic slowdown by trimming rates in August last year, a move that proved successful. The only other European top graded central banker was European Central Bank’s Jean-Claude Trichet.