Data
Central bank statistics departments facing multiple strains, says ECB’s Schubert
Meeting new monetary, micro-prudential and macro-prudential data requirements is a major burden for central bank statistics departments, says ECB statistics head Aurel Schubert
BIS paper urges statistics expansion
Research tells policy-makers to take advantage of the ‘sense of urgency’ that follows financial crises to expand the data they collect, including more comprehensive information on banks
AfDB ‘information highway’ seeks to drive data sharing
African Development Bank-led initiative aims to 'revolutionise data management' across continent by the end of July
Malaysia deputy pushes for progress on data
Bank Negara Malaysia’s Muhammad bin Ibrahim says data compilation should become more forward-looking and statistical needs identified more quickly
Bank of Uganda deputy calls for more empirical research in Africa
Louis Kasekende says policy-making in Africa is frequently made more difficult by limited empirical evidence; sets out a number of steps to improve quality of econometric analysis
Constâncio calls for 'co-operation' on data sharing by Eurosystem institutions
Vítor Constâncio says co-operation needed between Eurosystem institutions on data sharing; adequate security measures needed to safeguard interaction
Bank of Estonia to reveal travel statistics gleaned from mobile positioning data
Estonian central bank has been using data from mobile phone usage for more than three years to assist with balance of payments calculation; only two other European central banks operate similar systems
Data: a core challenge for financial regulatory reform
Improving financial stability through the use of interconnected and predictive supervisory tools requires a rethink on data. By Constantin Gurdgiev and Keith Saxton