Alexandre Tombini

Chief Representative

Representative Office for the Americas

Alexandre Tombini became Chief Representative of the BIS Office for the Americas on 1 September 2019. Before joining the BIS, he was Executive Director of the Board at the International Monetary Fund for Brazil, Cabo Verde, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guyana, Haiti, Nicaragua, Panama, Suriname, Timor-Leste and Trinidad and Tobago. Previously, he was with the Central Bank of Brazil, where he served as Governor and also in the roles of Deputy Governor for Financial System Regulation and Deputy Governor for Economic Research. He also held positions as a Board member of the BIS and Chairman of the Standing Committee on Budget Resources of the Financial Stability Board. Mr Tombini holds a PhD in economics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

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Central banking
Economic development
International economics

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BIS Working Paper No 1324 21 Jan 2026

The macro-financial impact of economic policy uncertainty in Latin America

This paper investigates the impact of domestic economic policy uncertainty (EPU) on macroeconomic and financial variables in…

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Alexandre Tombini

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The macro-financial impact of economic policy uncertainty in Latin America

Environmental factors and capital flows to emerging markets

Financial conditions indices in Latin America

Digital payments, informality and economic growth

Towards liquid and resilient government debt markets in EMEs

Retail payments in Latin America and the Caribbean: present and future

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Can environmental factors affect capital flows to emerging markets?

Can digital payments boost growth and reduce informality?

Monetary policy frameworks in Latin America: evolution, resilience and future challenges

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Policies for liquid and well functioning sovereign debt markets

Latin America - are inflation and low growth inevitable?

Central bank digital currencies for emerging market economies

Welcoming remarks: Central Reserve Bank of Peru Centenary Conference

The US recovery and Latin America: will tighter financial conditions overwhelm the boost from trade?

Economic policy in LatAm in the age of Covid

Central banking - the next 50 years

Global liquidity, capital flows and inflation targeting - central banking in the post-crisis global economy

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El sistema monetario y financiero de próxima generación (español)

A próxima geração do sistema monetário e financeiro (português)

Welcome remarks and Session 1 - Evolving global financial conditions under heightened uncertainty

Closing remarks

Project Fusse: toward a regional payment ecosystem for Latin America and the Caribbean

Financial innovation in Latin America

The policy response to Covid-19 and future challenges (Spanish)

Monetary policy and household demand

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Innovation, inflation and inclusion

Women, central banking, and Chile's macroeconomic landscape

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