News archive - 2009

3 July 2009

BIS Review - Speeches and articles by senior central bankers:
Masaaki Shirakawa: Some thoughts on incentives at micro- and macro-level for crisis prevention;
Ewald Nowotny: Crisis management – general reflections and the;
Emmanuel Tumusiime-Mutebile: Global financial crisis, recent macroeconomic developments and performance of private investments in Uganda;
W A Wijewardena: Microfinance – issues in the current context;
Lorenzo Bini Smaghi: Presentation of the book entitled “L’acqua e la spugna” by Franco Bruni

1 July 2009 IFC Bulletin:

The use of surveys by central banks
1 July 2009

BIS Review - Speeches and articles by senior central bankers:
Ben S Bernanke: Acquisition of Merrill Lynch by Bank of America;
Ewald Nowotny: Combating the crisis – the role of central banks;
Rundheersing Bheenick: Developing banking technology in Mauritius;
Lorenzo Bini Smaghi: Inflation and deflation risks – how to recognise them? How to avoid them?;
Jürgen Stark: EMU – weathering the perfect storm

29 June 2009 Webcast of AGM press conference
29 June 2009 BIS speeches:
Jaime Caruana: General Manager's speech at the Annual General Meeting - the narrow path ahead
29 June 2009 Annual General Meeting
29 June 2009 BIS Annual Report 2008/09
29 June 2009 Press release:
BIS Annual Report: Rescue, recovery, reform - the narrow path ahead
26 June 2009 Press release:
Már Gudmundsson appointed Governor of the Central Bank of Iceland
18 June 2009 Basel Committee press release and publication:
Core Principles for Effective Deposit Insurance Systems - final paper
15 June 2009 Basel Committee press release and publication:
Stocktaking on the use of credit ratings
11 June 2009 Working Papers:
Towards an operational framework for financial stability: "fuzzy" measurement and its consequences
10 June 2009 Press release:
The Basel Committee broadens its membership
8 June 2009 Publication and press release:
BIS Quarterly Review June 2009 – International banking and financial market developments
In this issue: 1)  Government debt management at low interest rates,   2) The global crisis and Latin America: financial impact and policy responses
2 June 2009 International Journal of Central Banking (IJCB), June 2009
In this issue:
1) Modeling Bank Senior Unsecured Ratings: A Reasoned Structured Approach to Bank Credit Assessment,   2)  Explaining Monetary Policy in Press Conferences,   3) The Interest Rate Conditioning Assumption,   4) Futures Contract Rates as Monetary Policy Forecasts,   5) Firm-Specific Capital and Welfare,   6) Instability and Nonlinearity in the Euro-Area Phillips Curve
26 May 2009 BIS Papers:
Communication of monetary policy decisions by central banks: what is revealed and why
25 May 2009 BIS Papers:
Household debt: implications for monetary policy and financial stability
20 May 2009 Basel Committee press release and publication:
Principles for sound stress testing practices and supervision - final paper
19 May 2009 BIS speeches:
Jaime Caruana: Financial globalisation, the crisis and Latin America
19 May 2009 Publication and press release:
OTC derivatives market activity in the second half of 2008
18 May 2009 Publication and press release:
Issues in the Governance of Central Banks
14 May 2009 Basel Committee press release and Working Paper:
Findings on the interaction of market and credit risk
13 May 2009 Press release:
BIS, ECB, IMF publish Handbook on Securities Statistics
13 May 2009 Press release:
BIS appoints Diego Devos as General Counsel
12 May 2009 Basel Committee press release and publication:
Due diligence and transparency regarding cover payment messages related to cross-border wire transfers - final paper
11 May 2009 CPSS press release:
William C Dudley appointed CPSS Chairman
11 May 2009 Working Papers:
Another look at global disinflation
30 April 2009 Working Papers:
China's exchange rate policy and Asian trade
29 April 2009 Working Papers:
A Framework for Assessing the Systemic Risk of Major Financial Institutions
29 April 2009 Statistics:
Provisional international banking statistics at end-December 2008
17 April 2009 CGFS publication:
The role of valuation and leverage in procyclicality
16 April 2009 Working Papers:
Measuring portfolio credit risk correctly: why parameter uncertainty matters
15 April 2009 Basel Committee publication:
Supervisory guidance for assessing banks' financial instrument fair value practices - final paper
3 April 2009 Press releases:
Financial Stability Forum issues Recommendations and Principles to Strengthen Financial Systems and Financial Stability Forum re-established as the Financial Stability Board
31 March 2009 Working Papers:
The pricing of subprime mortgage risk in good times and bad: evidence from the ABX.HE indices
31 March 2009 BIS Papers:
Whither monetary policy? Monetary policy challenges in the decade ahead
and accompanying Working Papers:
30 March 2009 Basel Committee press release and speech by Nout Wellink:
Basel Committee initiatives in response to the financial crisis
27 March 2009 Basel Committee publication:
Range of practices and issues in economic capital frameworks
25 March 2009 Irving Fisher Committee Working Papers:
Design and evaluation of core inflation measures for Turkey
13 March 2009 Press release:
Financial Stability Forum decides to broaden its membership
13 March 2009 Press release:
Financial Stability Forum meets in London
13 March 2009 Press release:
Expansion of membership announced by the Basel Committee
12 March 2009 Joint Basel Committee/IADI publication:
Core principles for effective deposit insurance systems - consultative document
12 March 2009 Press release:
Initiatives on capital announced by the Basel Committee
6 March 2009 CPSS publication:
Statistics on payment and settlement systems in selected countries - Figures for 2007
3 March 2009 Working Papers:
Bank ties and firm performance in Japan: some evidence since FY2002
3 March 2009 International Journal of Central Banking (IJCB), March 2009
In this issue:
1) Banking Integration, Bank Stability, and Regulation Introduction to a Special Issue of the International Journal of Central Banking,   2)  Does the Law of One Price Hold in Euro-Area Retail Banking? An Empirical Analysis of Interest Rate Differentials across the Monetary Union,   3) Transparency of Regulation and Cross-Border Bank Mergers,   4) Efficient Asset Allocations in the Banking Sector and Financial Regulation,   5) Cross-Border Bank Contagion in Europe,   6) Fiscal Burden Sharing in Cross-Border Banking Crises
2 March 2009 Publication and press release:
BIS Quarterly Review March 2009 – International banking and financial market developments
In this issue: 1)  Assessing the risk of banking crises - revisited,   2)  The US dollar shortage in global banking,   3)  US dollar money market funds and non-US banks,   4)  Execution methods in foreign exchange markets
27 February 2009 Working Papers:
Private information, stock markets, and exchange rates
13 February 2009 BIS speeches:
Hervé Hannoun: Long-term sustainability versus short-term stimulus: is there a trade-off?
3 February 2009 CGFS press release and publication:
Capital flows and emerging market economies
30 January 2009 BIS Papers:
Financial globalisation and emerging market capital flows
29 January 2009 Statistics:
Provisional international banking statistics at end-September 2008
27 January 2009 IFC Bulletin:

Challenges to improve global comparison of securities statistics
16 January 2009 Basel Committee press release and publication:
Enhancements to the Basel II Framework, including the capital regime for trading book positions
12 January 2009 Press release:
Guillermo Ortiz elected new Chairman of BIS Board
8 January 2009 Press release:
Steps to strengthen implementation of supervisory standards and guidance taken by the Basel Committee
6 January 2009 Basel Committee publication and press release:
Principles for sound stress testing practices and supervision