About the IFC
The Irving Fisher Committee on Central Bank Statistics (IFC) is a forum of central bank economists and statisticians, as well as others who want to participate in discussing statistical issues of interest to central banks. The IFC is established and governed by the international central banking community and operates under the auspices of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS). It is associated with the International Statistical Institute (ISI) and is a member of the International Association for Official Statistics (IAOS).
Alberto Naudon, Board Member of the Central Bank of Chile, is the Chair of the Irving Fisher Committee on Central Bank Statistics (IFC). His biography is available here.
Recent activities and publications
August 2024 |
IFC Bulletin no 62 on External statistics in a fragmented and uncertain world |
July 2024 |
IFC Bulletin no 61 on Granular data: new horizons and challenges |
May 2024 |
IFC Guidance Note 5 on Development and maintenance of a security-by-security database |
April 2024 |
IFC Bulletin no 60 on Communication on central bank statistics |
January 2024 |
The BIS All Governors' meeting approved the publication of the 2023 IFC Annual Report. |
December 2023 |
IFC Guidance Note 4 on Central banks' use of time series products |
October 2023 |
IFC Bulletin no 59 on Data science in central banking: applications and tools |
June 2023 |
IFC Bulletin no 58 on Post-pandemic landscape for central bank statistics |
March 2023 |
IFC Guidance Note 3 on Data sharing practices |
February 2023 |
IFC Report no 15 on How central banks communicate on official statistics |
January 2023 |
The BIS All Governors' meeting approved the publication of the 2022 IFC Annual Report. |