Claudio Borio
2024: The year in central banking
A look back at the biggest and most popular news stories of the year
BIS says carry trade unwind is part of broader pattern
Multi-strategy hedge funds drive spillovers across asset classes, analysis finds
BIS publishes centuries of data on central bank balance sheets
New “spliced” series extends back to founding of Sweden’s Riksbank in 17th century
Monetary policy could face ‘tougher tests’ ahead, BIS warns
Soft landing “in sight”, but pricing imbalances, fragile fiscal policy and financial vulnerabilities loom
Profit inflation and monetary policy: weighing the evidence
Biagio Bossone says profit inflation needs monetary ‘fuel’ to rise – but fiscal policy is the best fix, should governments have the ‘guts’
Natural rate is rising in US and eurozone, BIS study finds
Research adds to debate on metric but warns it is “blurry guidepost” for monetary policy
Legislation needed to break non-bank deadlock – BIS’s Borio
Panellists at BoE event highlight array of shortcomings with regulatory framework
Global house prices close to bottoming out, BIS stats show
Economists puzzle over absence of sharper correction
Borio and Zöllner to depart BIS in 2024
Hyun Song Shin and Luis Bengoechea will fill roles left by top economist and banker
2023: The year in central banking
Central Banking’s most-read story this year dissected the crisis at SVB, while other top pieces delved into operating frameworks, third-party risks and international economics
BIS weighs possible shift in global liquidity conditions
Nervy markets struggle to digest rates outlook, as BIS research finds deeper shift may be underway
Corridor, floor, other: are operating frameworks fit for the future?
Central banks are becoming uncomfortably aware that monetary operations have ramifications well beyond setting short-term rates
Covid-era fiscal policy helped fuel inflation, researchers say
Robert Barro and Francesco Bianchi say their evidence supports fiscal theory of the price level
Claudio Borio on financial cycles, operating frameworks and non-bank reform
The BIS veteran highlights a ‘unique constellation’ of challenges as central banks travel the ‘last mile’ in bringing down inflation – and says there are many more miles to go on non-bank reform
Joachim Nagel on the ECB’s terminal rate, fiscal policy, model relevance and the digital euro
The Deutsche Bundesbank president speaks about compromise on the Governing Council, rolling back PEPP, the need to implement Basel III and the chances of a revised Stability and Growth Pact
Banks increasingly reliant on ‘flighty’ finance, BIS finds
Money market funds are taking on an even greater role as funding sources, research says
Corridor systems most used to set monetary policy
Floor systems less popular overall but widely used with asset purchase programmes
Central banks should abandon floor systems – BIS’s Borio
Abundant reserves are causing distortions and could hamper policy-making, economist says
Carstens calls for return to ‘region of stability’
Short-term thinking has led to increasingly painful trade-offs for policy, BIS chief says
BIS paper lays out ‘two-regime’ model of inflation
Framework could help central banks recognise and respond to bouts of higher inflation
BIS welcomes end to investors’ ‘sanguine attitude’
Optimism over future easing clashed with what central bankers were actually saying