Carlos Cantú

Former Senior Economist

Carlos Cantú joined the BIS in the spring of 2016. He obtained his MA and PhD in economics from the University of California, Los Angeles. Before obtaining his PhD, he worked for the Bank of Mexico in the Economic Research Department.

All BIS publications (16)

BIS Working Paper No 1182 30 Apr 2024

Reserve requirements as a financial stability instrument

We quantify the trade-offs of using reserve requirements (RR) as a financial stability tool. A tightening in RR reduces the…

Carlos Cantú

Rocío Gondo

and

Berenice Martinez

BIS Bulletin No 85 28 Mar 2024

From financial inclusion to financial health

To successfully manage their financial obligations and have confidence in their financial future (financial health) people need…

Carlos Cantú

Jon Frost

Tirupam Goel

and

Jermy Prenio

BIS Paper No 144 7 Feb 2024

The economic implications of services in the metaverse

How could an immersive computer-generated environment ("the metaverse") impact services in the digital economy?

Carlos Cantú

Cecilia Franco

and

Jon Frost

BIS Bulletin No 71 29 Mar 2023

Fiscal and monetary policy in emerging market economies: what are the risks and policy trade-offs?

Since 2021, monetary policy has tightened globally in response to the surge in inflation. Fiscal policies have generally…

Ana Aguilar

Carlos Cantú

and

Rafael Guerra

BIS Working Paper No 1051 17 Nov 2022

How capital inflows translate into new bank lending: tracing the mechanism in Latin America

We explore the mechanism that links capital inflows from abroad with domestic bank lending. Five Latin American countries use…

Carlos Cantú

Catherine Casanova

Rodrigo Alfaro

Fernando Chertman

Gerald Cisneros

Toni dos Santos

Roberto Lobato

Calixto López

Facundo Luna

David Moreno

Miguel Sarmiento

and

Rafael Nivin

BIS Working Paper No 1012 11 May 2022

It takes two: Fiscal and monetary policy in Mexico

We model the interaction between fiscal and monetary policy and qualify their effects in a semi-structural small open economy…

Ana Aguilar

Carlos Cantú

and

Claudia Ramírez

BIS Working Paper No 950 10 Jun 2021

Fiscal regimes and the exchange rate

In this paper, we argue that the effect of monetary and fiscal policies on the exchange rate depends on the fiscal regime. A…

Enrique Alberola-Ila

Carlos Cantú

Paolo Cavallino

and

Nikola Mirkov

BIS Working Paper No 934 30 Mar 2021

A global database on central banks' monetary responses to Covid-19

The Covid-19 pandemic has been a global shock of unprecedented size that has hit most countries around the world. Central banks…

Carlos Cantú

Paolo Cavallino

Fiorella De Fiore

and

James Yetman

BIS Bulletin No 32 12 Nov 2020

Monetary policy response in emerging market economies: why was it different this time?

During the Covid-19-induced financial stress in March 2020, central banks in emerging market economies (EMEs) departed from…

Ana Aguilar

and

Carlos Cantú

All external publications (6)

External publication 14 Feb 2026

Fast payments and banking: Costa Rica's SINPE Móvil

Carlos Cantú

Douglas Kiarelly Godoy de Araujo

Jon Frost

Cecilia Franco

Allan Chinchilla

and

Andrea Oconitrillo

External publication 15 Apr 2025

Some perspectives on the regulation of stablecoins

Carlos Cantú

Jon Frost

and

Thomas Noone

External publication 31 Mar 2023

Financial stability risks of crypto-assets in emerging markets

Carlos Cantú

External publication 1 Feb 2022

A loan-level analysis of financial resilience in Mexico

Carlos Cantú

Roberto Lobato

Calixto López

and

Fabrizio López-Gallo

External publication 1 Feb 2022

How do bank-specific characteristics affect lending? New evidence based on credit registry data from Latin America

Leonardo Gambacorta

Stijn Claessens

and

Carlos Cantú

External publication 1 May 2019

Effects of capital controls on foreign exchange liquidity

Carlos Cantú

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Podcast 30 Mar 2021

Central banks and their monetary policy responses to the Covid-19 pandemic

Carlos Cantú and Paolo Cavallino explain how a novel database provides a "deep dive" into the monetary policy responses of…

Carlos Cantú

and

Paolo Cavallino

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Carlos Cantú

Former Senior Economist

All BIS publications (16)

Reserve requirements as a financial stability instrument

From financial inclusion to financial health

The economic implications of services in the metaverse

Fiscal and monetary policy in emerging market economies: what are the risks and policy trade-offs?

How capital inflows translate into new bank lending: tracing the mechanism in Latin America

It takes two: Fiscal and monetary policy in Mexico

Fiscal regimes and the exchange rate

A global database on central banks' monetary responses to Covid-19

Monetary policy response in emerging market economies: why was it different this time?

All external publications (6)

Fast payments and banking: Costa Rica's SINPE Móvil

Some perspectives on the regulation of stablecoins

Financial stability risks of crypto-assets in emerging markets

A loan-level analysis of financial resilience in Mexico

How do bank-specific characteristics affect lending? New evidence based on credit registry data from Latin America

Effects of capital controls on foreign exchange liquidity

All podcasts (1)

Central banks and their monetary policy responses to the Covid-19 pandemic

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