Fact sheet – Irving Fisher Committee on Central Bank Statistics

Objective

The objective of the IFC is to promote the exchange of views amongst central bank economists, statisticians and policy makers as well as others who want to participate in discussing statistical issues of interest to central banks, including those relating to economic, monetary and financial stability. The IFC in particular strives to strengthen the relationship between compilers of statistics and the community of users and analysts of statistical information, both in and outside central banks.

Membership

The IFC has four categories of members:

• Full institutional members, comprise central banks or international and regional organisations formally involved in central banking issues;
  
  
  
  
• Associate institutional members, comprise central banks, central bank related institutions, or international and regional organisations formally involved in central banking issues, which do not wish to become full institutional members;
  
  
  
  
• Associate individual members, consist of economic or statistical experts from public and private sector organisations and from the academic community, including members from ISI sections and committees;
  
  
  
  
• Honorary members, who will be elected in recognition of their outstanding contributions to the work of the IFC.

Governance

The IFC is currently chaired by Mr Jan Smets, Director at the National Bank of Belgium and alternate Board member of the BIS. The Committee is composed of the designated representatives of the full institutional members. It elects the Executive which manages the affairs of the IFC in accordance with the Statutes and the decisions and guidelines of the Committee.

Current members of the Executive:

• Chairman: Mr Jan Smets, National Bank of Belgium
  
  
  
  
• Vice chairman: Mr Monde Mnyande, South African Reserve Bank
  
  
  
  
• Ms Cevriye Aysoy, Central Bank of Turkey
  
  
  
  
• Mr Chen Zhili, People's Bank of China
  
  
  
  
• Mr Adam Czyzewski, National Bank of Poland
  
  
  
  
• Ms Debra Gruber, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
  
  
  
  
• Mr Alberto Karlen, Central Bank of Argentina
  
  
  
  
• Mr Steven Keuning, European Central Bank
  
  
  
  
• Mr Ulrich Kohli, Swiss National Bank
  
  
  
  
• Mr Suchart Sakkankosone, Bank of Thailand

Secretariat

The BIS provides the Secretariat of the Committee. Paul Van den Bergh, Head of Information, Statistics and Administration, is the senior BIS official responsible for IFC matters. The Secretariat is provided by Christian Dembiermont and Madeleine Op't Hof.