Bank for International Settlements (BIS)
BIS paper explores ‘ChatGPT for central banking’
Language models can analyse sentences but needs more work when it comes to complex content
Basel III endgame adoption more than doubles
Annual monitoring exercise shows progress, but US and some emerging markets lag behind
Clearer guidelines needed for crisis co-operation – FSI report
BIS institute publishes findings from exercise simulating bank failure in Latin America
FDI more important than trade in boosting Chinese lending – paper
Banks' activities in emerging economies increase in line with direct investment, say researchers
More CCPs would not avert US Treasuries crisis – BIS study
However, economists say central clearing could still improve market functioning
BIS warns of growing offshore reinsurance risk
Deals by private equity-backed life firms could mask risk in $25 trillion industry, report says
Swift tailors its operations for digital assets
Network says DvP and PvP capability will let securities buyers pay for and exchange tokens simultaneously
BIS begins design phase of Project Agorá
More than 40 firms join leading central banks in efforts to overhaul cross-border payments
BIS says carry trade unwind is part of broader pattern
Multi-strategy hedge funds drive spillovers across asset classes, analysis finds
House prices react rapidly to rates shocks – BIS paper
Monetary policy transmission stronger in US property market than previously thought, study argues
LatAm rate hikes consistent with pre-Covid strategy – BIS paper
Region’s central banks did not become more hawkish during pandemic, researchers argue
Credit expansion could dampen growth in EMEs – BIS bulletin
Shift in lending from manufacturing and into real estate is also affecting productivity
Covid led to shift in cross-border payment flows – Brazilian study
Pandemic resulted in changes across sectors, instruments and types of economy
Lower-paid workers face greatest impact from AI – BIS paper
Risk of core skills being replaced, and jobs being lost, is higher for people on low incomes
People: Lula nominates ally Galípolo as Brazilian governor
BIS appoints Franks Smets to senior economics role
Digital payments ‘indispensable’ in driving development – Tombini
BIS Americas chief says central banks should continue promoting FPS and CBDCs
Global house prices have ‘almost stabilised’ – BIS
Prices still declining in aggregate, a trend driven mainly by China and the eurozone
Triggers of August market ‘flare-up’ still in place, BIS warns
Leveraged positions remain at risk of sudden unwinding, as margin calls play amplifying role
BIS publishes centuries of data on central bank balance sheets
New “spliced” series extends back to founding of Sweden’s Riksbank in 17th century
BIS: new platform can monitor stablecoins’ balance sheets
Institution says its Project Pyxtrial can track digital currencies’ assets and liabilities
BIS Americas chief: region must stay alert to inflation risks
Tombini praises efforts to tackle inflation, while outlining monetary policy challenges
Asia’s central bankers bullish over cross-border payments
Policy-makers at Asia Summit also spoke of gradual pick-up in use of local currencies
BIS launches joint project to map supply chains
IMF, World Bank, United Nations and others join Project Insight