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Agustín Carstens

Former General Manager

All speeches (143)

All videos (97)

Video 3 Jul 2021
How far should central banks intervene?
Agustín Carstens participated in a debate at the Rencontres Économiques d'Aix-en-Provence and talked about inflation, policy…
Video 29 Jun 2021
Pandexit challenges
Agustín Carstens lays out the issues for policymakers in exiting the pandemic and ensuring sustainable growth.
Video 29 Jun 2021
Covid and beyond
Agustín Carstens explains the challenges thrown up by an uneven economic recovery and the complications on the path to…
Video 28 Jun 2021
BIS Media Briefing - Annual Economic Report 2021
Carstens, Pereira, Borio and Shin brief the media on the main messages of the Annual Economic Report. 
Video 9 Jun 2021
The state of the global economy
Agustín Carstens says the global economy has rebounded strongly after Covid-19, but the recovery is uneven and incomplete.
Video 4 Jun 2021
Concluding panel - Green Swan Conference 2021
Central banks and climate change: how to manage expectations, balance actions and communication and contribute to coordinate…
Video 2 Jun 2021
Introduction and opening panel
The heads of the organising institutions discuss how in practice the financial sector can take immediate action against climate…
Video 6 May 2021
Central banks and inequality
Agustin Carstens says that inequality is not a monetary phenomenon, but by fulfilling their mandates, central banks can support…
Video 12 Apr 2021
Conferencia Iberoamericana de Bancos Centrales
Agustin Carstens  (00:48:20-01:01:00) participates in a panel on monetary policy in the context of the pandemic, organized by…

All podcasts (12)

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Podcast 29 Jun 2025
Stability amid uncertainty
Agustín Carstens and Hyun Song Shin discuss the trade disruptions and policy uncertainty that are clouding the global economic…
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Podcast 26 Jun 2025
BIS Media Briefing - Annual Economic Report 2025
Agustín Carstens, Andréa M Maechler and Hyun Song Shin brief the media on the main messages of the Annual Economic Report. 
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00:12:29
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Podcast 30 Jun 2024
Laying the foundations
Agustín Carstens outlines the ideal policy constellation for the fastest growth with the lowest inflation and issues a call to…
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00:47:38
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Podcast 6 May 2024
Finternet: the financial system for the future
BIS General Manager Agustín Carstens and Siddharth Shetty, from the Foundation for Interoperable Digital Economy, discuss a…
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00:20:05
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Podcast 25 Jun 2023
Navigating the disinflation journey
The last mile to price stability will be most challenging, says Agustín Carstens, discussing the risks to the global economy…
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00:37:08
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Podcast 22 Feb 2023
Innovation and the future of the monetary system
In a speech, Agustín Carstens argues that central banks need to think big to reap the greatest benefits from innovation. He…
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00:12:03
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Podcast 26 Jun 2022
Old challenges, new shocks
High inflation and mounting growth headwinds raise the prospects of global stagflation and call for quick and decisive action…
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00:45:24
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Podcast 26 Apr 2022
What are the challenges for central banks in a digital world?
Agustín Carstens speaks with Andrew Bailey from the Bank of England, Jerome Powell from the Federal Reserve Board, Joachim…
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00:17:26
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Podcast 29 Jun 2021
Covid and beyond
Agustín Carstens discusses the uneven economic recovery from Covid-19, the challenges for normalising fiscal and monetary…
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