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15 Oct	Committee on Payment and Settlement Systems Public quantitative disclosure standards for central counterparties - consultative report Payment, clearing and settlement systems in Macedonia, FYR
15 Oct	Basel III Regulatory Consistency Assessment Programme (RCAP) (Basel Committee)
15 Oct	Global liquidity indicators (New set of statistics)
14 Oct	Central bank independence - a path less clear (Speech by Stephen G Cecchetti , Economic Adviser and Head of Monetary and Economic Department of the BIS)
10 Oct	Liquidity regulation and the implementation of monetary policy (Working Paper)
09 Oct	Progress report on implementation of the Basel regulatory framework (Basel Committee)

04 Oct	Transmitting global liquidity to East Asia: policy rates, bond yields, currencies and dollar credit (Working Paper)
30 Sep	Release of property price data
30 Sep	Statistics on payment, clearing and settlement systems in the CPSS countries (2012, preliminary)
27 Sep	Regulatory Consistency Assessment Programme (RCAP) Assessment of Basel III regulations - China (Basel Committee)
26 Sep	The evolution of the Basel Committee (Speech by Stefan Ingves, Chairman of the Basel Committee)
25 Sep	Results of the Basel III monitoring exercise as of 31 December 2012 (Basel Committee)

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Research

10 Oct	Liquidity regulation and the implementation of monetary policy (Working Paper) In addition to revamping existing rules for bank capital, Basel III introduces a new global framework for liquidity regulation. One part of this framework is the liquidity coverage ratio (LCR), which requires ...
04 Oct	Transmitting global liquidity to East Asia: policy rates, bond yields, currencies and dollar credit (Working Paper) We review extant work on the transmission of monetary policy, both conventional and unconventional, of the major advanced economies to East Asia through monetary policy reactions, integrated bond markets and ...
17 Sep	Asymmetric effects of FOREX intervention using intraday data: evidence from Peru (Working Paper) Asymmetric effects of Central Bank foreign exchange (forex) intervention have not been extensively studied in the literature, even though in practice Central Bank's motives for purchasing and for selling foreign currency ...
17 Sep	On central bank interventions in the Mexican peso/dollar foreign exchange market (Working Paper) In recent years the Bank of Mexico has made a series of rules-based interventions in the peso/dollar foreign exchange market. We assess the effectiveness of two specific interventions that ...

17 Sep

The impact of pre-announced day-to-day interventions on the Colombian exchange rate (Working Paper)

The adoption of a managed regime assumes that interventions are relatively successful. However, while some authors consider that foreign exchange interventions are not effective, ...

17 Sep

Interventions and inflation expectations in an inflation targeting economy (Working Paper)

In this paper we explore the role that exchange rate interventions may play in determining inflation expectations in Chile. To that end, we consider a set of nine deciles of inflation expectations coming from ...

17 Sep

Order Flow and the Real: Indirect Evidence of the Effectiveness of Sterilized Interventions (Working Paper)

This study presents indirect evidence of the effectiveness of sterilized interventions in Brazil based on the complete records of daily customer order flow data reported by Brazilian dealers, as well as foreign ...

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Speeches

Central bankers' speeches
16 Oct	Luis M Linde: Profile of Professor Nicholas Bloom - winner of the XII Germán Bernácer Prize Koji Ishida: Economic activity and prices in Japan and monetary policy Haruhiko Kuroda: Overcoming deflation - the Bank of Japan's challenge Haruhiko Kuroda: Quantitative and qualitative monetary easing Hiroshi Nakaso: Japan's economy and monetary policy Luis M Linde: Overview of the Spanish economy against the background of the euro crisis Muhammad bin Ibrahim: Role of the Islamic financial system in supporting green technology Patrick Honohan: Adverse selection and moral hazard in forecasting and limiting arrears and loan losses on mortgages Amando M Tetangco, Jr: Partnerships against poverty Grant Spencer: Trends in the New Zealand housing market
15 Oct	Paul Tucker: Solving too big to fail - where do things stand on resolution? Miroslav Singer: Central Bank Governor of the Year for Emerging Europe 2013 Cyril Roux: Effective banking and securities regulation Jerome H Powell: Communications challenges and quantitative easing Muhammad bin Ibrahim: Forces of change profoundly influencing the Asia-Pacific region Anita Angelovska-Bezoska: Statistics - challenging and fundamental issues for central bankers Anita Angelovska-Bezoska: Financial regulation, implementation and transition effects on emerging market economies
14 Oct	Mario Draghi: Euro area economic outlook, the ECB's monetary policy and current policy challenges Jean-Pierre Danthine: A macroprudential progress report Jörg Asmussen: Introductory statement for the panel discussion on "The G20 and the future of global economic governance" K C Chakrabarty: Regaining the growth momentum - issues and imperatives K C Chakrabarty: Welcome to India - state of the Indian economy, banking sector and factoring services

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BIS Management speeches
14 Oct	by Stephen G Cecchetti: Central bank independence - a path less clear It is always a pleasure to return to Mexico City; especially so on this important occasion. Anniversaries are always a good time to reflect on the past in an effort to learn and to plan for the future...
12 Sep	by Stephen G Cecchetti: Assessing the macroeconomic impact of OTC derivatives regulatory reforms Today I would like to discuss the findings of the Macroeconomic Assessment Group on Derivatives (MAGD). The Group, which I chaired, brought together nearly 30 member institutions of the Financial Stability Board (FSB)...
08 Jul	by Jaime Caruana: Debt, global liquidity and the challenges of exit Recent volatility in financial markets suggests that, notwithstanding the many efforts of the authorities to support growth in the past six years, full normality... Also available in: Spanish
23 Jun	by Jaime Caruana: General Manager's speech: Making the most of borrowed time Since the beginning of the financial crisis almost six years ago, central banks and fiscal authorities have supported the global economy with unprecedented measures... Also available in: German Spanish French Italian

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Statistics

15 Oct	Global liquidity indicators (New set of statistics)
30 Sep	Release of property price data
23 Sep	Long series on credit to private non-financial sectors
16 Sep	BIS effective exchange rate indices
15 Sep	Quarterly Review: summary tables and detailed tables

05 Sep	Triennial Central Bank Survey of foreign exchange and derivatives market activity in April 2013 - preliminary results
23 Jul	Preliminary international banking statistics at end-March 2013
08 Apr	OTC derivatives market activity in the second half of 2012
04 Jan	Statistics on payment, clearing and settlement systems in the CPSS countries - Figures for 2011
28 Nov	BIS, ECB and IMF publish third part of Handbook on Securities Statistics

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Basel Committee

15 Oct	Basel III Regulatory Consistency Assessment Programme (RCAP)
09 Oct	Progress report on implementation of the Basel regulatory framework
27 Sep	Regulatory Consistency Assessment Programme (RCAP) Assessment of Basel III regulations - China
26 Sep	The evolution of the Basel Committee (Speech by Stefan Ingves, Chairman of the Basel Committee, 25 years of international financial regulation: Challenges and opportunities symposium, Basel)
25 Sep	Results of the Basel III monitoring exercise as of 31 December 2012
10 Sep	Global consistency in financial regulation: Is the glass half full, half empty, or just more transparent? (Speech by Wayne Byres, RiskMinds Risk and Regulation Forum, Nice, France)

02 Sep	Margin requirements for non-centrally cleared derivatives - final document
27 Aug	Report to G20 Leaders on monitoring implementation of Basel III regulatory reforms
20 Aug	Mortgage insurance: market structure, underwriting cycle and policy implications - final document (Joint Forum)
15 Aug	Joint Forum publications: Longevity risk transfer markets: market structure, growth drivers and impediments, and potential risks - consultative document Point of Sale disclosure in the insurance, banking and securities sectors - consultative report
19 Jul	Liquidity coverage ratio disclosure standards - consultative document

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