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What's new on the website

24 Aug

Publication:
Financial Crises and Economic Activity


31 Jul

BIS Papers:
An assessment of financial sector rescue programmes


28 Jul

Press release and publications:
Results from the 2008 Loss Data Collection Exercise


24 Jul

IFC Bulletin:
Measuring financial innovation and its impact


24 Jul

Press release:
Committee on Payment and Settlement Systems broadens its membership


23 Jul

Statistics:
Provisional international banking statistics, first quarter 2009


20 Jul

Press release:
Clearing arrangements for OTC derivatives: CPSS-IOSCO working group on the review of the "Recommendations for Central Counterparties"


13 Jul

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


07 Jul

Working Papers:
China's evolving external wealth and rising creditor position


News archive


Highlights

24 August 2009:


Financial Crises and Economic Activity
Paper prepared by by Stephen Cecchetti, Marion Kohler and Christian Upper for the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City's symposium at Jackson Hole, Wyoming, 21 August 2009




Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

28 Jul

Press release and publications:
Results from the 2008 Loss Data Collection Exercise


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


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

19 Aug

Central bankers' speeches: De Gregorio on financial regulation, Reddy gives an economic update and more, Sharma on the international financial crisis and India, Shirakawa on unconventional monetary policy and Stevens on developments in Australia Read also selected speeches on the recent financial crisis


10 Jul

Speech by Stephen G Cecchetti: Financial system and macroeconomic resilience: revisited Read BIS management speeches


29 Jun

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