It is highly common for central banks to offer background briefings on key initiatives to journalists, the Communications Benchmarks 2023 found.

Ninety-five percent of the respondents (36 of 38 central banks) said they offer such off-the-record briefings to reporters.

Sixty-three percent said they gave such briefings to private-sector analysts, and 53% said they do so for academics.

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