November 2018

Bringing the BIS to Asia – and Asia to the BIS

Establishing an office in Hong Kong SAR 20 years ago was a natural step towards making the BIS a genuinely global institution, Agustín Carstens says.

Leverage ratio consultation

The Basel Committee seeks views on the possibility of a limited and targeted revision of the leverage ratio.

International bank credit loses momentum

International banking statistics for Q2 show annual growth unchanged at 2%.

The world view from Bali

Hyun Song Shin speaks to Bloomberg about emerging market economies 20 years after the Asian financial crisis.

Central banks and trade repositories

Central banks’ access to and use of derivatives transactions data is advancing significantly, but challenges remain.

More BIS publications

Basel Committee: Tackling banks’ window-dressing
Banks should not mask debt levels by manipulating balance sheets around reporting dates.

Working paper: Forward guidance and heterogeneous beliefs
Forward guidance seems most effective if people consider the central bank can commit to keep rates at zero into the medium term.

Working paper: Exchange rates and prices: evidence from the 2015 Swiss franc appreciation
The franc’s appreciation had a strong effect on import prices at the border, a moderate impact on the retail prices of imported goods, and a small overall effect on Swiss inflation.

Upcoming

2 Nov: Agustín Carstens participates in a panel at the International Monetary Fund’s 19th Jacques Polak Annual Research Conference in Washington DC
15 Nov: Claudio Borio speaks at the Cato Institute’s 36th Annual Monetary Policy Conference in Washington DC
15 Nov: Agustín Carstens gives a lecture at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy in Singapore
28 Nov: Residential property prices released for Q2 2018

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