Speeches

BIS management speeches - last 2 years

3 Sep 2010

Strengthening the financial system: comparing costs and benefits

Remarks by Mr Stephen G Cecchetti, Economic Adviser and Head of Monetary and Economic Department of the BIS, prepared for the Korea-FSB Financial Reform Conference, 3 September 2010.


28 Jun 2010

General Manager's statement

Statement by Mr Jaime Caruana, General Manager of the BIS, at the BIS press conference on the occasion of the Bank's Annual General Meeting, Basel, 28 June 2010.


28 Jun 2010

General Manager's speech: Three policy challenges for the world economy

Speech delivered by Mr Jaime Caruana, General Manager of the BIS, on the occasion of the Bank's Annual General Meeting, Basel, 28 June 2010.

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22 Jun 2010

The expanding role of central banks since the crisis: what are the limits?

Speech by Mr Hervé Hannoun, Deputy General Manager of the Bank for International Settlements, at the 150th Anniversary of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation, Moscow, 18 June 2010.


18 Jun 2010

Macroprudential policy: what we have learned and where we are going

Keynote speech by Mr Jaime Caruana, General Manager of the BIS, at the Second Financial Stability Conference of the International Journal of Central Banking, Bank of Spain, Madrid, 17 June 2010.


16 Jun 2010

Making OTC derivatives less OTC

Remarks by Mr Stephen G Cecchetti, Economic Adviser and Head of Monetary and Economic Department of the BIS, prepared for the conference "The Squam Lake Report: Fixing the Financial System", New York, 16 June 2010.


8 Jun 2010

Current efforts to enhance global financial supervision

Remarks by Mr Stephen G Cecchetti, Economic Adviser and Head of Monetary and Economic Department of the BIS, prepared for the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco Asia Banking and Finance Conference, 7-8 June 2010.


21 May 2010

The great financial crisis: lessons for the design of central banks

Speech by Mr Jaime Caruana, General Manager of the BIS, at the Colloquium in honour of Lucas Papademos European Central Bank, Frankfurt, 20 May 2010.


12 May 2010

Alternatives to self-insurance

Remarks by Mr Stephen G Cecchetti, Economic Adviser and Head of Monetary and Economic Department of the BIS, prepared for the Swiss National Bank - International Monetary Fund High-Level conference on the International Monetary System, Zürich, 11 May 2010.


26 Apr 2010

Macroprudential policy: working towards a new consensus

Remarks of Mr Jaime Caruana, General Manager of the BIS, presented at the high-level meeting on “The Emerging Framework for Financial Regulation and Monetary Policy” jointly organised by the BIS’s Financial Stability Institute and the IMF Institute Washington DC, 23 April 2010.


20 Apr 2010

Information gaps: what has the crisis taught us?

Opening remarks by Hervé Hannoun, Deputy General Manager of the Bank for International Settlements, at the Conference for senior officials to help develop a concrete plan of action to implement the recommendations in the IMF-FSB report "The financial crisis and information gaps", prepared for the G20 Finance Ministers and central bank Governors, Basel, 8-9 April 2010.


15 Apr 2010

Backstopping global banking

Speaking notes of Mr Jaime Caruana, General Manager of the BIS, prepared for a high-level policy panel at the conference: "Financial integration and stability: the legacy of the crisis", jointly sponsored and organised by the ECB and the European Commission, Frankfurt am Main, 12 April 2010.


3 Mar 2010

Towards a global financial stability framework

Speech by Hervé Hannoun, Deputy General Manager of the Bank for International Settlements, at the 45th SEACEN Governors' Conference, Siem Reap province, Cambodia, 26-27 February 2010.

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9 Feb 2010

Financial stability: 10 questions and about seven answers

Speech delivered by Mr Jaime Caruana, General Manager of the BIS, at the 50th Anniversary Symposium of the Reserve Bank of Australia, Sydney, 9 February 2010.

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8 Dec 2009

Unwinding public interventions after the crisis

Speech by Hervé Hannoun, Deputy General Manager of the Bank for International Settlements, at the IMF High-Level Conference on "Unwinding Public Interventions - Preconditions and Practical Considerations", Washington DC, 3 December 2009.


18 Nov 2009

Unconventional monetary policies in time of crisis

SUERF Annual Lecture delivered by Mr Jaime Caruana, General Manager of the BIS, Brussels, 16 November 2009.


16 Nov 2009

Residential property price indices

Welcoming remarks by Mr Stephen G Cecchetti, Economic Adviser and Head of Monetary and Economic Department of the BIS, at the Eurostat-IAOS-IFC conference on "Residential property price indices", Basel, 11 November 2009.


29 Oct 2009

Financial reforms: what are the common lessons for prudential supervisors?

Speech given by Mr Jaime Caruana, General Manager of the BIS, at the IAIS Annual Conference on “Insurance as a means of socio economic development: financial crisis and the future of insurance markets”, Rio de Janeiro, 22 October 2009.

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25 Sep 2009

Deposit insurance core principles

Keynote address by Mr Jaime Caruana, General Manager of the BIS, at the Conference on the "Core Principles for Effective Deposit Insurance Systems", Basel, 23-24 September 2009.


11 Sep 2009

The international policy response to financial crises: making the macroprudential approach operational

Panel remarks by Mr Jaime Caruana, General Manager of the BIS, at Jackson Hole, 21-22 August 2009.

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10 Jul 2009

Financial system and macroeconomic resilience: revisited

Opening remarks by Mr Stephen G Cecchetti, Economic Adviser and Head of Monetary and Economic Department of the BIS, at the Eighth BIS Annual Conference, Basel, 25-26 June 2009.


29 Jun 2009

General Manager's statement

Statement by Mr Jaime Caruana, General Manager of the BIS, at the BIS press conference on the occasion of the Bank's Annual General Meeting, Basel, 29 June 2009.


29 Jun 2009

General Manager's speech: The narrow path ahead

Speech by Mr Jaime Caruana, General Manager of the BIS, on the occasion of the Bank's Annual General Meeting, Basel, 29 June 2009.

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19 May 2009

Financial globalisation, the crisis and Latin America

Speech by Mr Jaime Caruana, General Manager of the BIS, at the XLVI Meeting of Central Bank Governors of the American Continent and LXXXVII Meeting of Central Bank Governors of Latin America and Spain, Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, 14 May 2009.

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13 Feb 2009

Long-term sustainability versus short-term stimulus: is there a trade-off?

Speech by Mr Hervé Hannoun, Acting General Manager of the Bank for International Settlements, at the 44th SEACEN Governors’ Conference on “Preserving Monetary and Financial Stability in the New Global Financial Environment”, Kuala Lumpur, 7 February 2009.