Bank for International Settlements (BIS)
BIS figures show cross-border lending on the mend outside the eurozone
Statistics for the final quarter of 2014 show cross-border lending recovering in most of the world, especially China, but continuing to decline in the eurozone
Central banks must grasp opportunity to shrink balance sheets safely
Central bank purchases of government bonds have turned traditional dogma on its head - but dangers lurk in the unwinding, warns Philip Turner
Coen appointed new Basel Committee secretary-general
William Coen takes over Basel Committee secretariat after seven years as deputy; Wayne Byres leaves to head Australia’s prudential regulator
Supply chain integration drives closer price co-movement, BIS paper finds
Headline inflation rates and producer prices move more closely together between Asian economies that trade more with one another, BIS paper shows
Caruana outlines path to recovery from global balance sheet recession
BIS general manager says global economy requires co-ordinated monetary, prudential and fiscal policies in order to recover from the recession caused by financial boom and bust
Zöllner: Asset managers are biggest non-bank FX traders
Head of banking at Bank for International Settlements highlights growing role of non-bank market participants in FX
Forex interventions can lead to banking credit boom, paper finds
BIS paper shows that central bank intervention in forex markets can end up fuelling an expansion in credit to the private sector in emerging markets
BIS economists give forward guidance mixed review
Research in quarterly review says forward guidance has shaped market expectations but warns it could ‘encourage excessive risk-taking’ in the markets
Fed not to blame for recent emerging market sell-off, says BIS
Recent rush of capital out of emerging markets was due to country-specific factors, not tapering by the Fed; Borio reiterates call for better policies, lamenting a ‘disappointing element of déjà vu’
World's biggest banks $80bn short of Basel III capital
Results from Basel Committee's latest monitoring exercise of banks' compliance with new regulatory framework shows progress but also some setbacks
Caruana calls on central banks to explain reaction functions
BIS general manager says central banks must manage expectations as they normalise monetary policy, partly by explaining how ‘policies might change as conditions evolve’
Nigerian RTGS joins Swift
The country's adoption of the global payment platform yesterday is expected to improve settlement security and discourage the use of cash payments in the longer term
Borio-led BIS team proposes new approach to measure output gap
Trying to calculate the output gap using the Phillips curve is problematic, say Basel-based economists; new approach finds financial cycle proxies add ‘significant information' to the estimate
Global lending conditions more connected than ever, says BIS's Turner
Big emerging market corporations are borrowing abroad, while global capital has been flowing into EMs – meaning lending conditions are more strongly connected than before
Central banks must lean against boom and bust to retain credibility, says Borio
A more symmetrical response to booms and busts is required to leave policy-makers with the ammunition and credibility to tackle them, says top BIS economist
People: Maldives nominates female governor; Uribe takes over from Carstens on BIS body
Local bank executive nominated after former governor's sudden resignation; Colombia governor Uribe takes over from Agustin Carstens on BIS Americas council
Asian decoupling a figment of the great moderation, says BIS paper
Evidence of Asia's economic decoupling from the rest of the world was a symptom of low co-movement during tranquil economic times, which ended with the arrival of the financial crisis
John Taylor calls for international policy co-ordination
Paper published today by the BIS says recent unusual monetary policies have been appropriate and benign - and international co-ordination could lead to an international co-operative equilibrium
Dealers losing exclusive role in foreign exchange, BIS report notes
A new analysis of the 'anatomy' of the forex market notes the increasing influence of non-dealer financial institutions, following this year's triennial survey
OTC derivatives turnover driven by 'non-dealer' contracts, says BIS
Article in latest BIS quarterly review notes share of inter-dealer trades shrunk to 35% in 2013; trading remains concentrated in major financial centres despite 'rapid' growth in EM currencies
Risky loans reach pre-crisis levels as banks are increasingly bypassed, warns BIS
Basel-based organisation also frets over impact on corporate bond markets from interest rate normalisation; cross-border lending falls in Q2 as non-banks play increasingly important role
ECB celebrates decade of international co-operation
Conference looks back at quarter of a century of co-operation between central banks around the world - in which the ‘helped have become the helpers' thanks to knowledge exchange
Caruana flags evidence of ‘manifold’ QE spillovers
BIS general manager presents evidence of varied spillovers from advanced economies' monetary policy; says policy-makers should do more to take them into account
OECD’s William White fears global economic system is still highly unstable
William White tells Christopher Jeffery he is wary of placing too much reliance on the ‘science’ of monetary or regulatory policy. He also believes the world economic system is still out of balance