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04 Apr Progress report on implementation of the Basel regulatory framework (Basel Committee)
03 Apr

The Great Financial Crisis: setting priorities for new statistics (Working Paper)

02 Apr

Constructing a real estate price index: the Moroccan experience (IFC Working Papers No 9)

26 Mar

Supervisory framework for measuring and controlling large exposures (Basel Committee)

25 Mar

Central bank collateral frameworks and practices (Markets Committee)

22 Mar

Recognising the cost of credit protection purchased (Basel Committee)

21 Mar External audits of banks - consultative document (Basel Committee)
20 Mar

Basel Committee concludes assessment of Basel III capital regulations in Singapore

19 Mar

Results of the Basel III monitoring exercise as of 30 June 2012 (Basel Committee)

18 Mar

BIS Quarterly Review March 2013 - International banking and financial market developments

18 Mar

Towards better reference rate practices: a central bank perspective . A report by a Working Group established by the BIS Economic Consultative Committee (ECC) and chaired by Hiroshi Nakaso, Assistant Governor, Bank of Japan

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Research
03 Apr

The Great Financial Crisis: setting priorities for new statistics (Working Paper)

Every financial crisis brings in its wake demands for more information; the latest one is no exception. Because, in deceptively tranquil times, it is well-nigh impossible to foster the consensus necessary to improve data availability, such a window of opportunity must not be missed. To be sure, the main reason why crises occur is ...
02 Apr

Constructing a real estate price index: the Moroccan experience (IFC Working Papers No 9)

The real estate sector became a centre of attention over the last few years, given the extent of its effects on financial and real spheres and its implications for monetary policy decisions and financial stability.
18 Mar

BIS Quarterly Review March 2013 – International banking and financial market developments . In this issue:

1) Central bank asset purchases and inflation expectations

2) Financial conditions and economic activity: a statistical approach

3) Hedging in derivatives markets: the experience of Chile

4) How much does the private sector really borrow - a new database for total credit to the private non-financial sector

13 Mar

Do economies stall? The international evidence (Working Paper) 

A "stalling" economy has been defined as one that experiences a discrete deterioration in economic performance following a decline in its growth rate to below some threshold level. Previous efforts to identify stalls have focused primarily on ...
08 Mar

Financial crises and bank funding: recent experience in the euro area (Working Paper)

This paper provides an overview of bank funding trends in the euro area following the 2007-09 global financial crisis and the euro area crisis. It shows that funding has become segmented along national borders and that secured ...
07 Mar

Information Flows in Dark Markets: Dissecting Customer Currency Trades (Working Paper)

We study the information in order flows of different customer segments in the world's largest over-the-counter market, the foreign exchange market. The analysis draws on a unique dataset covering a broad cross-section of currency pairs and distinguishing trades by ...
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Speeches
Central bankers' speeches
04 Apr
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BIS Management speeches
22 Nov

by Jaime Caruana: Assessing global liquidity from a financial stability perspective

Global liquidity has become a focus of the international policy debate. Despite accommodative monetary policies and a pickup in search-for-yield behaviour, several...

16 Nov

by Jaime Caruana: International monetary policy interactions: challenges and prospects

Systematic incorporation of spillovers is an essential but missing aspect of most monetary policy decision-making processes. The policy influences that need to be taken into account involve short-term policy rates...

09 Nov

by Claudio Borio: On time, stocks and flows: Understanding the global macroeconomic challenges

Five years after the financial crisis, the global economy remains unbalanced and many of the advanced countries are still struggling to return to robust, sustainable growth...

09 Nov

by Jaime Caruana: Financial inclusion: the role of the Basel Process

I am pleased to welcome participants to this unique event that brings international standard-setting bodies together with advanced as well as emerging and developing countries...

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Statistics
28 Mar

Release of property price data

18 Mar Quarterly Review: summary tables and detailed tables
18 Mar

Release of long series on credit to private non-financial sectors

18 Mar

BIS effective exchange rate indices

04 Jan

Statistics on payment, clearing and settlement systems in the CPSS countries - Figures for 2011

28 Nov

BIS, ECB and IMF publish third part of Handbook on Securities Statistics

13 Nov

OTC derivatives market activity in the first half of 2012

09 Nov

Improving the BIS international banking statistics (CGFS report)

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Basel Committee
04 Apr Progress report on implementation of the Basel regulatory framework
26 Mar

Supervisory framework for measuring and controlling large exposures - consultative document

22 Mar

Recognising the cost of credit protection purchased - consultative document

21 Mar

External audits of banks - consultative document

20 Mar

Basel Committee concludes assessment of Basel III capital regulations in Singapore

19 Mar Results of the Basel III monitoring exercise as of 30 June 2012
12 Mar Where to next? Priorities and themes for the Basel Committee (speech by Stefan Ingves)
26 Feb Simplicity, risk sensitivity and comparability: the regulatory balancing act (speech by Wayne Byres)
15 Feb Margin requirements for non-centrally cleared derivatives - Second consultative document
15 Feb

Supervisory guidance for managing risks associated with the settlement of foreign exchange transactions

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