Bank for International Settlements
All updates of the BIS websites, including speeches, statistical and press releases, and research papers.



16Dec/Senior Business Analyst / Developer (Dec 16)
The BIS seeks a Senior Business Analyst / Developer for the BIS headquarters in Basel, Switzerland. Contract length: 3 year fixed-term.


16Dec/Ric Battellino: European financial developments (Dec 16)
Address by Mr Ric Battellino, Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia, to the 24th Australasian Finance & Banking Conference, Sydney, 14 December 2011.


16Dec/Duvvuri Subbarao: Gross financial flows, global imbalances, and crises (Dec 16)
Welcome remarks by Dr Duvvuri Subbarao, Governor of the Reserve Bank of India, at the Twelfth L K Jha Memorial Lecture, Mumbai, 13 December 2011.


16Dec/Yaseen Anwar: Leadership challenges for business success (Dec 16)
Speech by Mr Yaseen Anwar, Governor of the State Bank of Pakistan, at the 12th Management Association of Pakistan Convention, Karachi, 14 December 2011.


16Dec/Mugur Isărescu: Enhancing the role of governance in international business (Dec 16)
Address by Mr Mugur Isărescu, Governor of the National Bank of Romania, at the 37th EIBA Annual Conference, Palace of Parliament, Bucharest, 8 December 2011.


16Dec/Macroprudential regulation and policy (Dec 16)
Abstract of "Macroprudential regulation and policy", proceedings of a joint conference organised by the BIS and the Bank of Korea, Seoul, 17-18 January 2011.


16Dec/Why central bank balance sheets matter (Dec 16)
Keynote address by Mr Jaime Caruana, General Manager of the BIS, at the Bank of Thailand-BIS conference on "Central bank balance sheets in Asia and the Pacific: the policy challenges ahead", Chiang Mai, Thailand, 12 December 2011. Central bank balance sheets have proved crucial in designing and pursuing policies in the wake of financial crises in recent years. Central banks have bought a wide range of financial assets in order to ...


16Dec/Is the long-term interest rate a policy victim, a policy variable or a policy lodestar? (Dec 16)
Abstract of BIS Working Papers No 367


16Dec/High cost credit protection: statement issued by the Basel Committee (Dec 16)
BCBS press release about the release of "High cost credit protection " (16 December 2011)


16Dec/High cost credit protection (Dec 16)
Abstract of Basel Committee Newsletter No.16 on "High cost credit protection", December 2011


16Dec/Basel III FAQs answered by the Basel Committee (Dec 16)
BCBS press release about the release of "Basel III FAQs" (16 December 2011)


16Dec/Basel III definition of capital - Frequently asked questions (update of FAQs published in October 2011) (Dec 16)
Abstract of "Basel III definition of capital - Frequently asked questions (update of FAQs published in October 2011)", December 2011


15Dec/Mark Carney: Growth in the age of deleveraging (Dec 15)
Remarks by Mr Mark Carney, Governor of the Bank of Canada and Chairman of the Financial Stability Board, to the Empire Club of Canada/Canadian Club of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, 12 December 2011.


15Dec/Vítor Constâncio: Challenges to monetary policy in 2012 (Dec 15)
Speech by Mr Vítor Constâncio, Vice-President of the European Central Bank, at the 26th International Conference on Interest Rates, Frankfurt am Main, 8 December 2011.


15Dec/Zeti Akhtar Aziz: Financial inclusion - enhancing access to banking services in Malaysia (Dec 15)
Speech by Dr Zeti Akhtar Aziz, Governor of the Central Bank of Malaysia, at the Launch of Bank Negara Malaysia's MobileLINK, Kuala Lumpur, 9 December 2011.