News archive - pre-1997

11 December 1996Committee on Payment and Settlement Systems

Statistics on Payment Systems in the Group of Ten Countries: Figures for 1995
10 December 1996Press releases

Press Release on Market Risk
28 November 1996Press releases

BIS Quarterly Review, December 1996
26 November 1996Quarterly Review

Quarterly Review, November 1996
15 November 1996Press releases

Implications for Central Banks of the Development of Electronic Money
7 November 1996Press releases

Basle Committee and IOSCO release their survey of the disclosures of trading and derivatives activities by banks and securities houses in their 1995 annual reports
6 November 1996Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

Survey of disclosures about trading and derivatives activities of banks and securities firms
6 November 1996BIS Papers

Banking crises in emerging economies: origins and policy options
23 October 1996Press releases

New secretariat of the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) comes to Basle
8 October 1996Press releases

Basle Committee releases paper on the Supervision of Cross-Border Banking
4 October 1996Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

Grenzüberschreitende Bankenaufsicht
4 October 1996Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

Surveillance des activités bancaires transfrontières
4 October 1996Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

Vigilanza sull'attività bancaria all'estero
4 October 1996Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

German translation: International convergence of capital measurement and capital standards
4 October 1996Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

French translation: International convergence of capital measurement and capital standards
4 October 1996Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

Italian translation: International convergence of capital measurement and capital standards
4 October 1996Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

The Supervision of Cross-Border Banking
1 October 1996Working Papers

International agreements in the area of banking and finance: accomplishments and outstanding issues
1 October 1996Other publications

Implications for central banks of the development of electronic money
9 September 1996Committee on the Global Financial System

Recent innovations in international banking (Cross Report)
9 September 1996Committee on the Global Financial System

Issues of measurement related to market size and macroprudential risks in derivatives markets (Brockmeijer Report)
9 September 1996Committee on the Global Financial System

Compendium of annexes to the report on macroeconomic and monetary policy issues raised by the growth of derivatives markets (Hannoun Report)
9 September 1996Committee on the Global Financial System

Recent developments in international interbank relations (Promisel Report)
9 September 1996Committee on the Global Financial System

Macroeconomic and monetary policy issues raised by the growth of derivatives markets (Hannoun Report)
9 September 1996Committee on the Global Financial System

A discussion paper on public disclosure of market and credit risks by financial intermediaries (Fisher Report)
9 September 1996Press releases

BIS invites nine new members to join it
9 September 1996Press releases

Mr Fukui assumes the chairmanship of the Euro-currency Standing Committee
9 September 1996Other publications

The BIS statistics on international banking and financial market activity
6 September 1996Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

Amendment to the Capital Accord of July 1988
6 September 1996Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

Amendment to the Capital Accord of July 1988
6 September 1996Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

Amendment to the Capital Accord of July 1988
5 September 1996Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

Basel Capital Accord: treatment of potential exposure for off-balance-sheet items
5 September 1996Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

Basel Capital Accord: treatment of potential exposure for off-balance-sheet items
5 September 1996Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

Basel Capital Accord: treatment of potential exposure for off-balance-sheet items
5 September 1996Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

Basel Capital Accord: treatment of potential exposure for off-balance-sheet items
5 September 1996Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

German translation: Amendment of the Basel capital accord in respect of the inclusion of general provisions/general loan-loss reserves in capital
5 September 1996Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

Italian translation: Amendment of the Basel capital accord in respect of the inclusion of general provisions/general loan-loss reserves in capital
5 September 1996Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

French translation: Amendment of the Basel capital accord in respect of the inclusion of general provisions/general loan-loss reserves in capital
4 September 1996Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

Basel/IOSCO joint statement for the Lyon Summit
4 September 1996Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

French translation: Overview of the amendment to the capital accord to incorporate market risks
4 September 1996Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

German translation: Supervisory framework for the use of 'backtesting' in conjunction with the internal models approach to market risk capital requirements
4 September 1996Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

Supervisory framework for the use of 'backtesting' in conjunction with the internal models approach to market risk capital requirements
4 September 1996Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

Italian translation: Supervisory framework for the use of 'backtesting' in conjunction with the internal models approach to market risk capital requirements
4 September 1996Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

French translation: Supervisory framework for the use of 'backtesting' in conjunction with the internal models approach to market risk capital requirements
1 September 1996Working Papers

Does the term structure predict recessions? The international evidence
26 August 1996Quarterly Review

Quarterly Review, August 1996
13 August 1996Committee on Payment and Settlement Systems

Security of electronic money
1 August 1996Working Papers

Estimation of speculative attack models: Mexico yet again
18 July 1996Press releases

G-10 Proposals for Improving Global Derivatives Market Statistics
9 July 1996Committee on the Global Financial System

Proposals for improving global derivatives market statistics
1 July 1996Working Papers

Varieties of monetary operating procedures: balancing monetary objectives with market efficiency
13 June 1996Press releases

Ninth International Conference of Banking Supervisors
10 June 1996Press releases

Excerpts from the speech delivered by W F Duisenberg to the 66th Annual General Meeting of the Bank
10 June 1996Press releases

The 66th Annual General Meeting of the BIS
9 May 1996Foreign exchange

Triennial Central Bank Survey of Foreign Exchange and Derivatives Market Activity 1995
4 April 1996Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

Interpretation of the capital accord for the multilateral netting of forward value foreign exchange transactions
9 March 1996Committee on Payment and Settlement Systems

Settlement risk in foreign exchange transactions
24 January 1996Working Papers

Monetary policy and the behaviour of interst rates: are long rates excessively volatile?
22 January 1996Working Papers

Derivatives and asset price volatility: a test using variance ratios
4 January 1996Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

Overview of the amendment to the capital accord to incorporate market risks
22 December 1995Working Papers

The anatomy of the bond market turbulence of 1994
22 December 1995Working Papers

Testing the quantity theory using long-run averaged cross-county data
28 November 1995Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

French translation: Public disclosure of the trading and derivatives activities of banks and securities firms
28 November 1995Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

Pubblicità delle informazioni sull'attività di negoziazione e in strumenti derivati delle banche e delle società di intermediazione mobiliare
28 November 1995Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

German translation: Public disclosure of the trading and derivatives activities of banks and securities firms
28 November 1995Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

Public disclosure of the trading and derivatives activities of banks and securities firms
22 November 1995Working Papers

Money demand stabilty and currency substitution in six european countries
22 September 1995Working Papers

The information content of the term structure: Evidence for Germany
21 August 1995Working Papers

The term structure of Euro-rates: some evidence of the expectations hypothesis
28 July 1995Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

German translation: Basel committee: The supervision of financial conglomerates
28 July 1995Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

Surveillance des conglomérats financiers
28 July 1995Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

Basel committee: The supervision of financial conglomerates
28 May 1995Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

German translation: Basel committee: Framework for supervisory information about the derivatives activities of banks and securities firms (Joint report by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision and the Technical Committee of the 'IOSCO'.)
28 May 1995Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

French translation: Basel committee: Framework for supervisory information about the derivatives activities of banks and securities firms (Joint report by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision and the Technical Committee of the 'IOSCO'.)
28 May 1995Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

Basel committee: Framework for supervisory information about the derivatives activities of banks and securities firms (Joint report by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision and the Technical Committee of the 'IOSCO'.)
21 May 1995Working Papers

The response of short-term bank lending rates to policy rates: a cross-country perspective
28 April 1995Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

German translation: Basel committee: An internal model-based approach to market risk capital requirements
28 April 1995Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

French translation: Basel committee: An internal model-based approach to market risk capital requirements
28 April 1995Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

Italian translation: Basel committee: An internal model-based approach to market risk capital requirements
28 April 1995Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

Basel committee: An internal model-based approach to market risk capital requirements
21 April 1995Working Papers

The monetary transmission mechanism: Evidence from the G-7 countries
20 April 1995Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

German translation:Basel committee: Planned supplement to the Capital Accord to incorporate market risks
20 April 1995Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

French translation: Basel committee: Planned supplement to the Capital Accord to incorporate market risks
20 April 1995Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

Italian translation: Basel committee: Planned supplement to the Capital Accord to incorporate market risks
20 April 1995Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

Basel committee: Planned supplement to the Capital Accord to incorporate market risks
15 April 1995Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

German translation: Basel committee: Proposal to issue a supplement to the Basel Capital Accord to cover market risks
15 April 1995Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

French translation: Basel committee: Proposal to issue a supplement to the Basel Capital Accord to cover market risks
15 April 1995Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

Italian translation:Basel committee: Proposal to issue a supplement to the Basel Capital Accord to cover market risks
15 April 1995Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

Basel committee: Proposal to issue a supplement to the Basel Capital Accord to cover market risks
18 March 1995Committee on Payment and Settlement Systems

Cross-border securities settlements
28 December 1994Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

Basel Committee: Amendment to the 1988 Capital Accord Recognition of Collateral
28 December 1994Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

Basel Committee: Amendment to the 1988 Capital Accord Recognition of Collateral
28 December 1994Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

Basel Committee: Amendment to the 1988 Capital Accord Recognition of Collateral
28 December 1994Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

Basel Committee: Amendment to the 1988 Capital Accord Recognition of Collateral
15 December 1994Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

Aufsicht über das Derivativgeschäft der Banken
15 December 1994Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

French translation: Prudential supervision of banks' derivatives activities
15 December 1994Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

Vigilanza prudenziale sull'attività delle banche in strumenti derivati
15 December 1994Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

Basel Committee: Prudential supervision of banks' derivatives activities
21 October 1994Working Papers

The changing borders of banking: trends and implications
21 September 1994Working Papers

Contagious speculative atacks
20 September 1994Working Papers

German unification and the demand for German M3
28 July 1994Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

Richtlinien für das Risikomanagement im Derivativgeschäft
28 July 1994Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

Lignes directrices pour la gestion des risques liés aux instruments dérivés
28 July 1994Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

Linee direttrici per la gestione dei rischi connessi agli strumenti derivati
28 July 1994Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

Basel Committee: Risk management guidelines for derivatives
6 July 1994Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

Basel Capital Accord: the treatment of the credit risk associated with certain off-balance-sheet items
6 July 1994Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

Amendment to the Capital Accord of July 1988
21 April 1994Working Papers

A survey of non-financial sector balance sheets in industialised countries: Implications for the monetary policy transmission mechanism
21 April 1994Working Papers

The structure of credit to the non-goverment sector and the transmission mechanism of monetary policy: a cross-country
20 January 1994Working Papers

Household saving and real house proces: an international perspective
9 September 1993Committee on Payment and Settlement Systems

Central bank payment and settlement services with respect to cross-border and multi-currency transactions (Noël Report)
29 April 1993Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

French translation: Basel Committee: Supervisory Recognition of Netting for Capital Adequacy Purposes
29 April 1993Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

Italian translation: Basel Committee: Supervisory Recognition of Netting for Capital Adequacy Purposes
29 April 1993Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

Basel Committee: Supervisory Recognition of Netting for Capital Adequacy Purposes
28 April 1993Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

Basel committee: (A Preface) Prudential supervision of netting, Market Risks and Interest Rate Risk
27 April 1993Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

Measurement of Banks' Exposure to Interest Rate Risk
15 April 1993Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

Aufsichtlisch behandlung von Marktrisken
15 April 1993Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

Italian translation: Basel Committee: Supervisory Treatment of Market Risks
15 April 1993Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

French translation: Basel Committee: Supervisory Treatment of Market Risks
15 April 1993Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

Basel Committee: Supervisory Treatment of Market Risks
28 December 1992Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

Basel Committee: The insolvency liquidation of a multinational bank
28 September 1992Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

Basel committee: A framework for measuring and managing liquidity
15 September 1992Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

Basel Committee: Asset transfers and securitisation
9 September 1992Committee on Payment and Settlement Systems

Delivery versus payment in securities settlement systems
28 July 1992Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

Mindestanforderungen für die Beaufsichtigung internationaler Bankkonzerne und ihrer grenzüberschreitenden Niederlassungen
28 July 1992Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

Normes minimales pour le contrôle des groupes bancaires internationaux et de leurs établissements à l'étranger
28 July 1992Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

Basel Committee: Minimum standards for the supervision of international banking groups and their cross-border establishments
28 July 1992Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

Requisiti minimi per la vigilanza sui gruppi bancari internazionali e i loro stabilimenti esteri
 19 April 1992Working Papers

'All the money in europe?' An investigation properties of EC-wide extended monetary aggregates
18 April 1992Working Papers

European integration and the demand for broad money
5 November 1991Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

Amendment of the Basel capital accord in respect of the inclusion of general provisions/general loan-loss reserves in capital
17 February 1991Working Papers

Energy schocks and the demand for energy
16 February 1991Working Papers

Labour market developments in developing countries
28 January 1991Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

Messung und überwachung von Grosskrediten
28 January 1991Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

Mesure et contrôle des grands risques de crédit
28 January 1991Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

Misurazione e controllo dei grandi fidi
28 January 1991Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

Basel Committee: Measuring and controlling large credit exposures
18 November 1990Committee on Payment and Settlement Systems

Report of the Committee on Interbank Netting Schemes of the central banks of the Group of Ten countries (Lamfalussy Report)
16 November 1990Working Papers

Financial arrangements, 'Soft' budget constraints and inflation: lessons from the Yugoslav experience
16 September 1990Working Papers

The steady-state budget constraint and the integration of european financial markets: an arithmetical exercise
15 September 1990Working Papers

Empirical evidence from Norway, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom
30 April 1990Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

Informationsaustausch zwischen Bankenaufsichtsbehörden
30 April 1990Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

Basel Committee: Information flows between banking supervisory authorities
30 April 1990Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

échanges d'informations entre autorités de contrôle bancaire
30 April 1990Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

Flussi di informazioni fra le autorità di vigilanza bancaria
28 April 1990Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

Exchanges of information between supervisors of participants in the financial markets
28 April 1990Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

Exchanges of information between supervisors of participants in the financial markets
28 April 1990Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

Exchanges of information between supervisors of participants in the financial markets
28 April 1990Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

Exchanges of information between supervisors of participants in the financial markets
27 February 1990Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

The audit of international commercial banks (Statement issued by the International Auditing Practices Committee after consultation with the Basel Committee)
28 July 1989Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

Risiken in EDV- und Telekommunikationssystemen
28 July 1989Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

Risques liés aux systèmes informatiques et de télécommunications
28 July 1989Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

Rischi nei sistemi informatici e di telecomunicazione
28 July 1989Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

Basel Committee: Risks in computer and telecommunication systems
27 July 1989Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

The relationship between bank supervisors and external auditors (Statement issued by the International Auditing Practices Committee after consultation with the Basel Committee)
9 February 1989Committee on Payment and Settlement Systems

Report on netting schemes (Angell Report)
28 December 1988Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

Verhütung des Missbrauchs des Bankensystems für die Geldwäsche
28 December 1988Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

Prévention de l'utilisation du système bancaire pour le blanchiment de fonds d'origine criminelle
28 December 1988Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

Prevenzione dell'utilizzo del sistema bancario per il riciclaggio di fondi di provenienza illecita
28 December 1988Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

Basel Committee: Prevention of criminal use of the banking system for the purpose of money-laundering
28 July 1988Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

Internationale Konvergenz der Eigenkapitalmessung und Eigenkapitalanforderungen
28 July 1988Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

Convergence internationale de la mesure et des normes de fonds propres
28 July 1988Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

Basel Committee: Outcome of the consultative process on proposals for international convergence of capital measurement and capital standards
28 July 1988Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

Basel Committee: International convergence of capital measurement and capital standards
4 July 1988Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

International convergence of capital measurement and capital standards
28 December 1987Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

Basel Committee: The relationship between bank supervisors and external auditors (Joint task force)
15 December 1987Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

German translation: of the Proposals for International Convergence of capital measurement and standards
15 December 1987Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

French translation: of the Proposals for International Convergence of capital measurement and standards
15 December 1987Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

Italian translation: of the Proposals for International Convergence of capital measurement and standards
15 December 1987Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

Basel committee: Consultative Document - Proposals for International Convergence of capital measurement and standards
16 July 1987Working Papers

Profit shares, investment and output capacity
28 March 1986Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

Die Behandlung nicht bilanzwirksamer Risiken der Banken
28 March 1986Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

La gestione delle esposizioni bancarie 'off-balance sheet'
28 March 1986Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

Gestion des engagements hors bilan des banques sous l'angle du contrôle bancaire
28 March 1986Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

Basel Committee: The management of banks' off-balance-sheet exposures: a supervisory perspective
16 July 1984Working Papers

The external balance of the smaller industrial countries: international developments and national policies since 1968
16 July 1984Working Papers

Real wages, Inflation and unemployment
16 July 1984Working Papers

The measurement of effective exchange rate
20 February 1984Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

Basel Committee: Interbank confirmation procedures
28 May 1983Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

Grundsätze für die Beaufsichtigung der ausländischen Niederlassungen von Banken
28 May 1983Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

Principi per la vigilanza sugli stabilimenti esteri delle banche
28 May 1983Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

Principes pour le contrôle des établissements des banques à l'étranger
28 May 1983Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

Basel Committee: Principles for the supervision of banks' foreign establishments (Concordat)
28 March 1983Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

Procédures d’autorisation pour les établissements des banques à l’étranger
28 March 1983Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

Zulassungsverfahren für ausländische Bankniederlassungen
28 March 1983Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

Basel Committee: Authorisation procedures for banks' foreign establishments
16 March 1983Working Papers

The productivity slowdown and its policy implications
16 November 1982Working Papers

The evolution of the external debt and balance of payments of eastern europe and the USSR since 1970
16 July 1982Working Papers

Survey of the international use of yen
28 March 1982Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

Steuerung des Internationalen Kreditgeschäfts der Banken: Analyse des Länderrisikos sowie Messung und Kontrolle des Länderengagements
28 March 1982Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

Gestion des prêts bancaires internationaux (Analyse du risque-pays, calcul et gestion de l’engagement par pays)
28 March 1982Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

Basel Committee: Management of banks' international lending: country risk analysis and country exposure measurement and control
28 December 1981Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

Basel Committee: Banking secrecy and international cooperation in banking supervision
16 February 1981Working Papers

Intermediation and pure liquidity creation in banking systems
16 September 1980Working Papers

Factors determining exchange retes: the roles of relative price levels, balances of payments, interest rates and risk
28 August 1980Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

Survellance des position des change de banques
28 August 1980Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

Basel Committee: Supervision of banks' foreign exchange positions
3 July 1980Working Papers

Exchange rates and balance-of-payments adjustment - General principles and some recent examples
16 April 1980Working Papers

Determinants of Market Condtions in the Euro-Currency Market - Why a 'Borrowers' Market'
28 November 1979Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

Basel Committee: Treatment of minority participations in the consolidation of banks' balance sheets
28 March 1979Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

Konsolidierte Aufsicht über das internationale Geschäft der Banken
28 March 1979Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

Surveillance consolidée des activités internationales des banques
28 March 1979Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

Basel Committee: Consolidated supervision of banks' international activities
28 October 1978Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

Basel Committee: Consolidation of banks' balance sheets: aggregation of risk-bearing assets as a method of supervising bank solvency
28 September 1975Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

Basel committee: Report on the supervision of banks' foreign establishments - Concordat