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Women ruling the central banks

Women have become uniquely well represented throughout Southeast Asia's central banks

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Adrija Shukla
Women have become uniquely well represented throughout Southeast Asia’s central banks. They account for almost two- thirds of managerial staff in the Philippines, and at least half in Indonesia,

Thailand and Malaysia. That compares with much lower figures at their developed-world peers. There were 12 central banks led by women, compared with 19 in 2014 when Janet Yellen took over as head of the US Federal Reserve.

Some notable central bank governors:

Janet L Yellen

She took office as chair of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System in February 2014, for a

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