BIS Quarterly Review, September 2005

5 September 2005

Full text and statistical tables:

• Full text   Read   (PDF, 117 pages, 985 kb)
• Statistical annex   Read   (PDF, 115 pages, 813 kb)

Text by chapter:

International banking and financial market developments:

1. Overview: improving outlook lifts markets   Read   (PDF, 14 pages, 132 kb)
2. The international banking market   Read   (PDF, 18 pages, 145 kb)
3. The international debt securities market   Read   (PDF, 14 pages, 110 kb)
4. Derivatives markets   Read   (PDF, 10 pages, 130 kb)

Special features
	Distinguishing global dollar reserves from official holdings in the United States Abstract | Full Text (PDF, 16 pages, 98 kb)
	The BIS consolidated banking statistics: structure, uses and recent enhancements Abstract | Full Text (PDF, 14 pages, 83 kb)
	The rise and fall of US dollar interest rate volatility: evidence from swaptions Abstract | Full Text (PDF, 12 pages, 132 kb)
	Structural models of default: lessons from firm-level data Abstract | Full Text (PDF, 10 pages, 67 kb)
	Recent initiatives by Basel-based committees and the Financial Stability Forum Read (PDF, 5 pages, 65 kb)