Agustín Carstens

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 ...

09 Jul 2019
The Bulgarian National Bank at 140: central banks and the financial cycle

Opening remarks by Mr Agustín Carstens, General Manager of the BIS, at the Conference on the occasion of the 140th anniversary of the Bulgarian National Bank (BNB): "The current global and European financial cycle: where do we stand and how do we move forward?", jointly organised by the BNB and the BIS, Sofia, 8 July 2019.
30 Jun 2019
Time to ignite all engines

Speech by Mr Agustín Carstens, General Manager of the BIS, on the occasion of the Bank's Annual General Meeting, Basel, 30 June 2019.
17 Jun 2019
Increasing innovation and the future of money and payments

Translation of a column by Mr Agustín Carstens, General Manager of the BIS, in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ), 14 June 2019.
04 Jun 2019
Innovation transforms central banking

Column by Mr Agustín Carstens, General Manager of the BIS, in Reuters Breakingviews, 3 June 2019. 
04 Jun 2019
The role of regulation, implementation and research in promoting financial stability

Keynote address by Mr Agustín Carstens, General Manager of the BIS, at the Bank of Spain and CEMFI Second Conference on Financial Stability, Madrid, 3 June 2019.
29 May 2019
A handful of cyber - five key issues for international cooperation

Speech by Mr Agustín Carstens, General Manager of the BIS, at the conference on "Cybersecurity: coordinating efforts to protect the financial sector in the global economy", Paris, 10 May 2019.
02 May 2019
Exchange rates and monetary policy frameworks in emerging market economies

Lecture by Mr Agustín Carstens, General Manager of the BIS, at the London School of Economics, London, 2 May 2019.
25 Apr 2019
Central banking and innovation: partners in the quest for financial inclusion

Speech by Mr Agustín Carstens, General Manager of the BIS, at the Reserve Bank of India, C D Deshmukh Memorial Lecture, Mumbai, 25 April 2019.
22 Mar 2019
The future of money and payments

Speech by Mr Agustín Carstens, General Manager of the BIS, at the Central Bank of Ireland, 2019 Whitaker Lecture, Dublin, 22 March 2019.
22 Mar 2019
Emerging markets aren't out of the woods yet

Extract of an article by Mr Agustín Carstens, General Manager of the BIS, and Mr Hyun Song Shin, Economic Adviser and Head of Research of the BIS, in the magazine Foreign Affairs, published on 15 March 2019.