Research for the Asia-Pacific region

The Asia Office conducts policy analysis and research on topics related to monetary and financial stability, including digital innovation. Research is done in close collaboration with staff across the BIS globally as well as central banks and other stakeholders in the region.

Themes

Research at the Asia Office currently focuses on the following priority themes:

  • macro-financial analysis
  • inflation expectations and monetary transmission
  • trade and financial integration
  • digital finance and artificial intelligence
  • climate change and green finance

Latest Asia Office research

BIS Working Paper No 1362 17 Jun 2026
Embracing carbon uncertainty in portfolio construction
We propose a framework for constructing fixed-income portfolios of sovereign bonds that integrates financial and environmental…
By
Dora Xia
and
Omar Zulaica
BIS Working Paper No 1361 16 Jun 2026
Bond yield responses to macro news: the role of macro forecast disagreement and monetary policy uncertainty
We study how forecaster disagreement and interest rate uncertainty shape bond market reactions to economic data releases.
By
Peter Hördahl
,
Burçin Kısacıkoğlu
and
Dora Xia
BIS Working Paper No 1355 2 Jun 2026
Making stablecoins stable(r): can regulation help?
We model a stablecoin issuer that optimises capital, cash and bond holdings under persistent stablecoin flows. Absent…
By
Tirupam Goel
,
Ulf Lewrick
and
Isha Agarwal
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