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08 Mar

Press release:
BIS Board elects Christian Noyer as new Chairman


03 Mar

Speech by Hervé Hannoun: Towards a global financial stability framework


01 Mar

International Journal of Central Banking (IJCB) , March 2010


01 Mar

Publication and press release :

BIS Quarterly Review March 2010 – International banking and financial market developments . In this issue:

1) The architecture of global banking: from international to multinational?

2) Exchange rates during financial crises

3) The dependence of the financial system on central bank and government support

4) The term "macroprudential": origins and evolution


24 Feb

Working Papers:
The bank lending channel revisited


17 Feb

Stephen G Cecchetti, M S Mohanty and Fabrizio Zampolli: The future of public debt: prospects and implications


12 Feb

Jaime Caruana: Systemic risk: how to deal with it?


09 Feb

BIS speeches:
Jaime Caruana: Financial stability: 10 questions and about seven answers


09 Feb

Basel Committee press release and publication:
Microfinance activities and the Core Principles for Effective Banking Supervision


05 Feb

BIS Papers:
Globalisation, labour markets and international adjustment - Essays in honour of Palle S Andersen


News archive


Highlights

BIS Quarterly Review March 2010. In this issue:

1) The architecture of global banking: from international to multinational?

2) Exchange rates during financial crises

3) The dependence of the financial system on central bank and government support

4) The term "macroprudential": origins and evolution

 



Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

09 Feb

Press release and publication:
Microfinance activities and the Core Principles for Effective Banking Supervision


22 Jan

Press release and publication:
Compensation Principles and Standards Assessment Methodology


11 Jan

Press release: Group of Central Bank Governors and Heads of Supervision reinforces Basel Committee reform package


17 Dec

Press release and publications:
Strengthening the resilience of the banking sector
International framework for liquidity risk measurement, standards and monitoring


Basel II

13 Jul

Press release and publications:
Enhancements to the Basel II framework
Revisions to the Basel II market risk framework - final version
Guidelines for computing capital for incremental risk in the trading book - final version


Speeches

09 Mar

Central bankers' speeches: Fullani on sustaining macroeconomic stability, Fundanga on equal rights, equal opportunities, Nakamura on Japan's monetary policy and more, Ndung'u on the East African Monetary Union and Stark on where the global economy is headed Read also selected speeches on the recent financial crisis


03 Mar

by Hervé Hannoun: Towards a global financial stability framework


09 Feb

by Jaime Caruana: Financial stability: 10 questions and about seven answers