Bank for International Settlements (BIS)
Cœuré warns of ‘black box’ problem for regulators
It “may be no coincidence” banks are turning to opaque AI for “capital optimisation”, BIS official says
Ageing population helps explain inequality in US – BIS paper
Firms gain greater market power as workers grow older, authors say
BIS economists test fixes for credit-to-GDP gap
Measure has drawbacks as early warning sign, but proposed solutions have problems, authors find
Computing platforms for big data and AI
Implementing big-data and high-performance computing platforms is critical to support machine learning applications. Rafael Schmidt and Bruno Tissot offer insights on developing a comprehensive information strategy
Basel Committee drafts new resilience guidelines
BCBS consults banks on safeguards against operational risks such as pandemics and cyber attacks
BIS’s Restoy: Covid-19 blurs lines between policy instruments
Prudential policies have taken on an explicit economic stabilisation role for the first time, official says
BIS’s Hong Kong innovation hub launches trade finance competition
Solutions need to help current trade finance platforms communicate with one another, and help SMEs and emerging markets take advantage of existing opportunities
CLS proposes second-tier FX settlement system
Stripped-back system for EM currencies mooted to tackle rising settlement risk
BIS’s Borio says policy buffers should be repaired as soon as possible
Economist highlights three long-term challenges to tackle post-coronavirus
IMF research highlights limits of exchange rate flexibility
New dataset sheds light on role of dominant-currency invoicing for exchange rate dynamics
BIS stats show surge in cross-border lending during pandemic
Most of the money flowed to advanced economies and offshore centres, BIS says
BIS paper studies early form of macro-pru policy
Dutch controls on credit from 1960s to 1990s helped promote stability, authors find
Q&A: New York Fed’s Stiroh on climate change and Covid
Co-chair of Basel task force discusses possible supervisory approaches to climate risk
People: IMF names new Europe chief and secretary
BIS promotes Philip Wooldridge to head up Committee on the Global Financial System
Chinese banks’ dollar needs are large but unclear – BIS research
Swap lines meet most banks’ dollar needs, but firms may still struggle to access dollars, authors warn
EME financial markets are still vulnerable – BIS paper
Covid crisis has shown further market development work is needed, writes head of CGFS secretariat
Fintech can worsen inequality, BIS paper warns
Diffusion of technology helps to spread the benefits evenly, authors say
US forward guidance is contractionary for Canada – BIS paper
Model highlights “beggar-thy-neighbour” effect of Fed’s forward guidance
BIS suspends dividend to prepare for further Covid-19 strains
BIS will not pay dividend for first time since 1950, as senior managers see further turbulence ahead
Fed’s safety nets are ‘fundamentally unsustainable’
The Fed’s new safety nets will allow “zombie companies” to thrive and drag down productivity; ever-increasing levels of interventions are “fundamentally unsustainable, intertemporally”, says William White
BIS warns of further shockwaves in ‘generation-defining’ crisis
Solvency crisis is looming on the horizon and health crisis is far from over, BIS officials say, as they present the 2020 annual report
BIS expands innovation hub network
Several new locations unveiled in Europe and North America
Covid-19 has highlighted payments systems problems – BIS report
Pandemic may have strengthened case for central bank digital currency, report says
CGFS report offers policy advice for coping with dollar funding strains
BIS committee gives advice amid “major changes” in the structure of global dollar funding markets