Torsten Ehlers

Principal Economist

Monetary and Economic Department, Office for the Americas

Torsten Ehlers joined the BIS as an Economist in September 2011, after earning his PhD from the University of Zurich. During his studies, he conducted research projects at both the Bank of England and the Deutsche Bundesbank. Prior to his PhD, he obtained a master's in economics from Warwick University, United Kingdom, and a master's in business administration from the University of Dortmund, Germany. From 2013 to 2016, he worked in the BIS Representative Office in Hong Kong SAR. His research interests cover international banking, derivatives markets, shadow banking and sustainable finance. From 2021 to 2024 he was seconded to the International Monetary Fund. He is based in the BIS Office for the Americas in Mexico City.

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International capital flows
Financial and banking statistics

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Publication 4 Jun 2019

Concentration in cross-border banking

Cross-border bank credit is dominated by a small number of very sizeable links between banks in one country and borrowers in…

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Torsten Ehlers

Principal Economist

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All BIS publications (28)

Concentration in cross-border banking

The geography of dollar funding of non-US banks

Global liquidity: changing instrument and currency patterns

The credit default swap market: what a difference a decade makes

Global Banks, Dollar Funding, and Regulation

Mapping shadow banking in China: structure and dynamics

Risk transfers in international banking

Green bond finance and certification

The changing shape of interest rate derivatives markets

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A Feature, not a Bug. The US Dollar in the European Monetary Union

Deconstructing ESG scores: how to invest with your own criteria

Global banks, dollar funding, and regulation

The pricing of carbon risk in syndicated loans: which risks are priced and why?

Big techs in finance: on the new nexus between data privacy and competition

Infrastructure and corporate bond markets in Asia

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Panel K - Green Swan Conference 2021

Green bonds and carbon emissions: a proposal to rate corporate issuers

The geography of dollar funding of non-US banks

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