Agustín

Agustín Carstens

General Manager
Bank for International Settlements

Agustín Carstens became General Manager of the BIS on 1 December 2017. Mr Carstens was Governor of the Bank of Mexico from 2010 to 2017. A member of the BIS Board from 2011 to 2017, he was chair of More ...

18 Oct 2018
Bringing the BIS to Asia - and Asia to the BIS

Opening remarks by Agustín Carstens, General Manager of the BIS, at the BIS symposium on "New challenges for central banking" to mark the 20th anniversary of the BIS Representative Office for Asia and the Pacific, Hong Kong, 15 October 2018.
12 Oct 2018
Challenges for the world economy: implications for Arab economies

Keynote speech by Mr Agustín Carstens, General Manager of the BIS, at the 42nd Annual Meeting of the Council of Arab Central Banks and Monetary Authorities Governors, Amman, 17 September 2018.
10 Sep 2018
Rising to the occasion: central banking in a financially integrated world

Opening remarks by Mr Agustín Carstens, General Manager of the BIS, at the joint Danmarks Nationalbank-BIS conference on "Monetary policy spillovers in a financially integrated world" to mark the 200th anniversary of Danmarks Nationalbank, Copenhagen, 7 September 2018.
03 Sep 2018
Are post-crisis statistical initiatives completed? Taking stock

Opening remarks by Mr Agustín Carstens, General Manager of the BIS, at the Ninth Irving Fisher Committee (IFC) Conference, Basel, 30 August 2018.
25 Aug 2018
Global market structures and the high price of protectionism

Overview panel remarks by Mr Agustín Carstens, General Manager of the BIS, at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City's 42nd Economic Policy Symposium, Jackson Hole, Wyoming, 25 August 2018.
09 Aug 2018
Keeping a close watch

Interview with Mr Agustín Carstens, General Manager of the BIS, in LatinFinance, conducted by Mr Kevin Gray and published online and in print format on 2 August 2018.
04 Jul 2018
"My message to young people: stop trying to create money"

Translation of an interview with Mr Agustín Carstens, General Manager of the BIS, in the Basler Zeitung, 25 June 2018.
04 Jul 2018
The banks' bank is looking to open up

Translation of an interview with Mr Agustín Carstens, General Manager of the BIS, in the Basler Zeitung, 25 June 2018.
25 Jun 2018
It's when markets are running hot that flags need raising

Column by Mr Agustín Carstens, General Manager of the BIS, in the Financial Times, 25 June 2018.
24 Jun 2018
Sustaining the momentum

Speech by Mr Agustín Carstens, General Manager of the BIS, on the occasion of the Bank's Annual General Meeting, Basel, 24 June 2018.