Central Bankers are an elite group of economists that manage monetary policies for nations around the world. In the US and Europe, the Federal Reserve and European Central Bank manage short-term interest rates, which is the primary monetary policy tool. Market forces establish the rates further out along the yield curve, but since the 2008 financial crisis, monetary policy operations have ventured into the longer-dated maturities in the interest of economic stability.
The Fed and ECB are apolitical bodies, but in the US the President appoints the Chairman and voting members of the board who