News archive - 2012

BIS Review - Speeches and articles by senior central bankers:

• Tiff Macklem: Raising the house of reform
• Thomas Jordan: 2012 - Swiss monetary policy in uncertain times
• Benoit Coeuré: Global liquidity and risk - a re-interpretation of the recent
• H R Khan: Understanding psychology for responsible financial behaviour
• Patrick Honohan: Financial sector developments and architecture in Ireland - a constantly changing landscape
• K C Chakrabarty: Empowering MSMEs for financial inclusion and growth - the role of banks and industry associations

Call for papers for the joint ECB-BIS workshop on "Global Liquidity and its International Repercussions"

Joint workshop of the European Central Bank and the Bank for International Settlements on "Global Liquidity and its International Repercussions", Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 6-7 February 2012.

Vacancies:

Data Bank Statistical Analyst

The BIS seeks a Data Bank Statistical Analyst for the BIS headquarters in Basel, Switzerland. Contract length: 2 years fixed-term. Application deadline: 24 February 2012.

BIS Review - Speeches and articles by senior central bankers:

• Njuguna Ndung'u: HR challenges in the Kenyan banking sector
• Njuguna Ndung'u: Promoting financial integrity and financial inclusion - lessons from the Kenyan experience
• Ardian Fullani: Current development stage of the Albanian economy
• Ravi Menon: Regional safety nets to complement global safety nets
• Ipumbu Shiimi: Regulating competition in the Namibian banking sector
• Charles I Plosser: Economic outlook and communicating monetary policy
• Ben S Bernanke: The economic outlook and the federal budget situation
• Deepak Mohanty: The Second International Research Conference - concluding remarks
• Hirohide Yamaguchi: The European debt problem, Japan's economy, and monetary policy
• Emmanuel Tumusiime-Mutebile: Macroeconomic management in turbulent times
• Paul Tucker: Introductory remarks at the book launch for "Investing in change - the reform of Europe's financial markets"

Statistics:

Property price statistics

Statistics:

Consolidated banking statistics

Vacancies:

Administrative Officer

The BIS seeks an Administrative Officer for the BIS headquarters in Basel, Switzerland. Contract length: 3 years fixed-term. Application deadline: 10 February 2012.

Vacancies:

Research Analyst

The BIS seeks a Research Analyst for the BIS headquarters in Basel, Switzerland. Contract length: 2 years fixed-term. Application deadline: 17 February 2012.

Working Papers:

Stress-testing macro stress testing: does it live up to expectations?

by Claudio Borio, Mathias Drehmann and Kostas Tsatsaronis

Press releases:

Requirements for OTC derivatives data reporting and aggregation: CPSS-IOSCO publishes final report

Press releases:

New Chair of the Joint Forum

Currency internationalisation: lessons from the global financial crisis and prospects for the future in Asia and the Pacific

BIS Papers No. 61

Press releases:

Agustín Carstens appointed Chair of the BIS Consultative Council for the Americas

CPSS Publications:

Statistics on payment, clearing and settlement systems in the CPSS countries - Figures for 2010