Philip Wooldridge

Head of Economics and Financial Markets for Asia and the Pacific

Economics and Financial Markets for Asia and the Pacific

Philip Wooldridge heads a team of 10 economists and analysts in Hong Kong SAR conducting research on policy issues of interest to central banks in Asia and the Pacific. From 2020 to 2023, he was Head of the Secretariat for the Committee on the Global Financial System. From 2019 to 2020, he represented the BIS at G20 meetings of senior finance and central bank officials and was also Head of Financial Markets responsible for the publication of the BIS Quarterly Review. From 2012 to 2018, Philip was Deputy Head of Statistics and Research Support responsible for the compilation of the BIS banking, derivatives and securities statistics. Philip joined the BIS in 1999 and started his career at the Bank of Canada in 1995. He received his MA in Economics from the University of Toronto and BA from the University of British Columbia. He is a CFA charter holder.

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Financial and banking statistics
Financial markets
International finance

All BIS publications (24)

BIS Working Paper No 466 6 Oct 2014

Benchmark tipping in the global bond market

Abstract of BIS Working Papers No 466 We analyse the turnover of fixed income derivatives in seven currencies to test the…

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Philip Wooldridge

Head of Economics and Financial Markets for Asia and the Pacific

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All BIS publications (24)

Benchmark tipping in the global bond market

The evolution of trading activity in Asian foreign exchange markets

The euro as a reserve currency: a challenge to the pre-eminence of the US dollar?

The price impact of rating announcements: which announcements matter?

Changes in market functioning and central bank policy: an overview of the issues

The changing shape of fixed income markets

All external publications (7)

Macroprudential governance: lessons from policies to mitigate housing market risks

Dollar depreciation and the financial winds buffeting emerging markets

The rise of cross-border financial centres

Why don't Asians invest in Asia? The determinants of cross-border portfolio holdings

The euro as a reserve currency: a challenge to the pre-eminence of the US dollar?

The evolution of trading activity in Asian foreign exchange markets

Benchmark yield curves in the euro market

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Shifting sources of debt

Interest rate risk management by EME banks

Seven decades of international banking

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