Frederic Boissay

Frederic Boissay

Principal Economist
Monetary and Economic Department, Monetary Policy

Frederic Boissay joined the BIS on 1 January 2016 from the Financial Research Division of the European Central Bank. He holds a PhD and amaster's degree in economics from the Paris School of Economics and an advanced degree in statistics and economics from the Paris Graduate School of Economics, Statistics, and Finance (ENSAE).

Fields of interest
  • Macroeconomics
  • Monetary policy
  • Financial stability and macroprudential issues

All BIS publications (18)

BIS Working Paper No 909 14 Dec 2020
Dealing with bank distress: Insights from a comprehensive database
We study the effectiveness of policy tools that deal with bank distress (i.e. central bank lending, asset purchases, bank…
By
Konrad Adler
and
Frederic Boissay
Publication 7 Dec 2020
Tools for managing banking distress: historical experience and lessons for today
We analyse the effectiveness of policy tools for large-scale banking distress and draw lessons for today. The depth of…
By
Frederic Boissay
,
Stijn Claessens
and
Alan Villegas
BIS Bulletin No 24 19 Jun 2020
Trade credit, trade finance, and the Covid-19 Crisis
As the Covid-19 pandemic hits economic activity, the vulnerabilities of longer and more geographically extended trade credit…
By
Frederic Boissay
,
Nikhil Patel
and
Hyun Song Shin
BIS Bulletin No 19 22 May 2020
Dealing with Covid-19: understanding the policy choices
Containment policies save lives but restrict economic activity. Standard approaches to accounting for the value of human lives…
By
Frederic Boissay
,
Daniel Rees
and
Phurichai Rungcharoenkitkul
BIS Bulletin No 7 17 Apr 2020
Macroeconomic effects of Covid-19: an early review
BIS Bulletin No 7, April 2020. Past epidemics had long-lasting effects on economies through illness and the loss of lives,…
By
Frederic Boissay
and
Phurichai Rungcharoenkitkul
Publication 5 Mar 2019
Impact of financial regulations: insights from an online repository of studies
The BIS is launching a public, online and interactive repository of studies on the effects of financial regulations, called…
By
Frederic Boissay
,
Carlos Cantú
,
Stijn Claessens
and
Alan Villegas
BIS Working Paper No 596 19 Dec 2016
Macroeconomics of bank capital and liquidity regulations
We study the transmission mechanisms of liquidity and capital regulations as well as their effects on the economy and welfare…
By
Frederic Boissay
and
Fabrice Collard
BIS Working Paper No 565 1 Jun 2016
The Collateral Trap
Active wholesale financial markets help reallocate deposits across heterogeneous banks. Because of incentive problems, these…
By
Frederic Boissay
and
Russell Cooper
BIS Working Paper No 545 17 Feb 2016
Booms and banking crises
Banking crises are rare events that break out in the midst of credit intensive booms and bring about particularly deep and long…
By
Frederic Boissay
,
Fabrice Collard
and
Frank Smets

All external publications (7)

External publication 15 May 2026
Monetary Policy and Endogenous Financial Crises
By
Jordi Galí
,
Frederic Boissay
,
Fabrice Collard
and
Cristina Manea
External publication 1 Dec 2025
Monetary Policy and Endogenous Crisis Contagion across Borders
By
Frederic Boissay
,
Changhua Yu
and
Guangyu Nie
External publication 15 Apr 2025
Monetary tightening and financial stress during supply - versus demand-driven inflation
By
Frederic Boissay
,
Fabrice Collard
,
Cristina Manea
and
Adam Shapiro
External publication 1 Sep 2021
Big techs in finance: on the new nexus between data privacy and competition
By
Hyun Song Shin
,
Leonardo Gambacorta
,
Torsten Ehlers
and
Frederic Boissay
External publication 1 Jan 2020
The collateral composition channel
By
Frederic Boissay
and
Russell Cooper
External publication 1 Apr 2016
Booms and banking crises
By
Frank Smets
,
Frederic Boissay
and
Fabrice Collard
External publication 1 Jan 2013
Payment defaults and interfirm liquidity provision
By
Frederic Boissay
and
Reint Gropp

All videos (1)

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Prudential policy and financial dominance: exploring the link
Video 27 Feb 2023
Prudential policy and financial dominance: exploring the link
Prudential policy tightening – whether ahead of or during monetary policy tightening – helps to reduce the…
By
Frederic Boissay
and
Cristina Leonte

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