The IFC Bulletins contain proceedings of meetings of the Irving Fisher Committee on Central Bank Statistics. Papers in this volume were prepared for an IFC-sponsored workshop entitled “Challenges to improve global comparison of securities statistics”, held at the International Monetary Fund in Washington DC on 4–5 March 2008.
Not all papers presented at the workshop are included in this volume. The views expressed are those of the respective contributors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the IFC, the BIS, the central banks or other institutions represented at the meeting. Individual papers (or excerpts thereof) may be reproduced or translated with the authorisation of the authors concerned.
The views expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the Committee, its members or the BIS.