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London-based Financial Times has listed Raghuram Rajan, former governor of the Reserve Bank of India, as one of the candidates who could be considered for the top job at the Bank of England. “Attracting Raghuram Rajan, the highly respected Chicago-based economist and former Reserve Bank of India governor, would be a coup, as would securing Agustín Carstens, Mexico’s central bank chief and the new general manager of the Bank of International Settlements,” says the article.
Philip Hammond, UK chancellor, is starting the process to select the next governor of the Bank of England to replace Mark Carney next year. According to the article, the chancellor said he had already begun looking for candidates in forums such as the International Monetary Fund spring meetings in Washington.
