Bank for International Settlements (BIS)
Asia Risk Congress: BIS points to Asian example as evidence new LCR not 'relaxed'
Asian regulators' partial recognition of Level 2B assets justifies revised Basel liquidity approach
BIS paper weighs future of liquidity stress tests
Bank for International Settlements working group compiles survey on current stress-testing practices among its members, and identifies a basic framework of what future tests could include
BIS' Caruana identifies ‘new' threats to central bank credibility
Central bank independence is under pressure from unprecedented monetary policies, says BIS manager; argues banks' ‘credibility in fulfilling their mandates' is at stake
Dollar lending in East Asia can override local monetary policy, says BIS' McCauley
Paper by Robert McCauley and Dong He of the HKMA argues the growth of credit in foreign currencies, especially the dollar, transmits global monetary easing to East Asia
Chinese capital rules meet Basel III standards
Bank for International Settlements report says China’s capital rules are in line with the Basel III minimum standards, but finds two 'potentially material' flaws
BIS research dismisses fears over high-quality asset shortage
Article says increase in high-quality assets appears sufficient to meet rising demand, but risks could still come from elsewhere
Robert Pringle’s Viewpoint: Looking for a game-changer for the financial system
The world may need to look to central bank governors in countries such as China and India to champion reform of the global monetary architecture
BIS research finds capital requirements had minor impact on bank lending
Quarterly review article presents evidence that banks have adjusted to higher capital requirements mainly via retained earnings, rather than by cutting lending, with less of a macroeconomic impact
BIS statistics show surge in emerging market claims
Latest figures for cross-border claims show rapid increase in lending to emerging markets in first quarter of 2013, though Fed taper talk has since reversed the flow
Near-zero interest rates of limited help to non-financial firms
BIS quarterly review article finds that lesser pass-through is partly related to higher premium for risk required by financial intermediaries
Borio to take over from Cecchetti at BIS; ECB's Cœuré appointed CPSS chair
Claudio Borio promoted from deputy to head up the monetary and economic department in Basel; Benoît Cœuré, the ECB's head of payments infrastructure, to take over from Paul Tucker at CPSS
Surpluses of Germany and China feed global imbalances, BIS research finds
Bank for International Settlements paper compares current account and creditor positions of Germany and China, finding Germany’s surpluses to be more resilient in the face of the global financial crisis
FX now a $5.3 trillion per day market, says BIS
The latest BIS triennial survey shows the UK has strengthened its grip on the FX market, while USD/JPY has seen a strong increase in trading activity
BIS economists find Fed's QE helps curb tail risk perception
Paper published today finds the effect of the Fed's announcing unconventional monetary policy measures is strongest when used in conjunction with forward guidance on low interest rates
BIS papers study effects of monetary and fiscal policy shocks
Researchers find fiscal shocks within the eurozone lead to a real exchange rate appreciation through inflation differential; monetary policy shocks have minor impact on commodity prices
BIS sizes up derivatives reforms and Basel III progress
Bank for International Settlements releases one report on the expected benefits and costs of OTC derivative reforms, and another on countries’ progress in implementing Basel III
BIS researchers use profit-elasticity method to measure China bank competition
Working paper finds competition has increased among China's banks; new PE indicator produces result consistent with financial sector reform
Robert Pringle’s Viewpoint: Managing without safe assets – tricky but not impossible
Unless sovereigns provide a credible backstop to the banking system the private sector will have to do the best it can, writes Robert Pringle
BIS paper weighs up early-warning indicators
Working paper examines which indicators are most effective at foreshadowing banking crises; uses a new statistical method based on particular policy requirements
Getting to grips with monetary policy?
Global co-operation on monetary policy remains out of reach
BIS calls for monetary tightening not heeded by major central banks
The BIS's latest annual report voices the private concerns of the world’s leading central bankers. But it falls short on action that will hold national governments to task
The Bretton Woods transcripts: debate about the World Bank and the BIS
Andrew Rosenberg highlights the secondary importance of negotiations to create the World Bank and cover ‘other discussions’ as well as Norway’s objections to having the BIS once the IMF was founded
BIS banking department deputy makes switch to State Street OIG
Founder of State Street's Official Institutions Group John Nugée will retire in October, and be replaced by Louis de Montpellier of the BIS
Bank of England publishes history archive online
Digital archive project has uncovered BoE's controversial role in Nazi gold appropriation; includes all of the central bank’s main publications in addition to previously unpublished history