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What's new on the website

01 Jul

IFC Bulletin:
The use of surveys by central banks


29 Jun

Press release:
BIS Annual Report: Rescue, recovery, reform - the narrow path ahead


26 Jun

Press release:
Már Gudmundsson appointed Governor of the Central Bank of Iceland


11 Jun

Working Papers:
Towards an operational framework for financial stability: "fuzzy" measurement and its consequences


08 Jun

Publication and press release: BIS Quarterly Review June 2009 - International banking and financial market developments
In this issue:

  • Government debt management at low interest rates
  • The global crisis and Latin America: financial impact and policy responses

02 Jun

IJCB:
International Journal of Central Banking , June issue


News archive


Highlights

29 June 2009:


Annual General Meeting
including the General Manager's speech and press conference webcast

Annual Report



Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

18 Jun

Basel Committee publication: Core Principles for Effective Deposit Insurance Systems - final paper


15 Jun

Basel Committee publication: Stocktaking on the use of credit ratings


10 Jun

Press release: The Basel Committee broadens its membership


20 May

Basel Committee publication: Principles for sound stress testing practices and supervision - final paper


Basel II

16 Jan

Enhancements to the Basel II Framework, including the capital regime for trading book positions


Speeches

03 Jul

Central bankers' speeches: Bini Smaghi on Franco Bruni's latest book, Nowotny on crisis management, Shirakawa on incentives for crisis prevention, Tumusiime-Mutebile on global financial crisis, recent macroeconomic developments and more and Wijewardena on microfinance  Read also selected speeches on the recent financial crisis


29 Jun

Speech by Jaime Caruana: General Manager's speech: The narrow path ahead Read BIS management speeches


19 May

Speech by Jaime Caruana: Financial globalisation, the crisis and Latin America Read BIS management speeches