An overwhelming majority of central banks’ communications teams operate mostly in “centralised mode”, data from the Communications Benchmarks 2023 shows.

Of 40 central banks that responded to the question, 31 (77.5%) said their communications team operates in centralised mode, meaning that all staff work in the same communications department.

Three central banks (7.5% of the respondents) said their communications team functions in decentralised mode, where communications staff are spread