BIS: Carry Trade Unwind, External Statistics, And Central Bank Assets

September 2024

Structural factors behind the recent large market moves remain, so further flare-ups are possible.

External statistics must evolve to address new developments in international economic relations and better inform policymaking.

Project Keystone will explore how technology can enhance the analytical use of ISO 20022 data.

A new data set contains historical data on the size of central banks’ balance sheets.

To what extent has the recent inflation experience been a global phenomenon?

More BIS publications

Working Paper: Novel risks, mitigants and uncertainties with permissionless distributed ledger technologies
Banks need to adopt new strategies and safeguards to mitigate the risks of transacting on distributed ledger technology.

Statistics: Residential property prices
Global real house prices in Q1 2024 fell by 1.0% from a year earlier, but prices increased in many economies.

Working Paper: Are low interest rates firing back?
Does banks’ exposure to interest rate risk affect the transmission of monetary policy in an environment of rising interest rates?

3 September: Claudio Borio speaks at the 2024 Global Economy and Financial Stability Conference in South Korea.
4 September: Cecilia Skingsley gives keynote at Mauritius Central Bank innovation centre launch.
13 September: Fernando Restoy and Gaston Gelos speak at the Eurofi Financial Forum in Budapest.
16 September: BIS September Quarterly Review published.
18 September: Fernando Restoy speaks at the SUERF-OeNB-JVI conference in Vienna.
23–24 September: Basel Committee on Banking Supervision meets.