BIS Latest Update January 2025: Quarterly Review, Price Stability, Fast Payment Systems And Central Bank Digital Currencies

January 2025

Investor near-term optimism prevails

Financial markets shrugged off uncertainties and pulled ahead despite lingering risks and warning signs.

Housing supply and monetary policy

The responsiveness of new housing supply to changes in house prices has declined over the past five decades.

The geography of banks’ operations

BIS international banking statistics reveal banks’ structure across home and host countries.

Price stability and trust in money

Deputy General Manager Andréa M Maechler explains why price stability matters for consumers, employers and investors and how central banks provide trust in money, among other topics.

Data story: how has labour productivity changed post-pandemic?

Is productivity in the post-pandemic world following an old trend or a new path?

More BIS publications

FSI Insights: Regulating AI in the financial sector
How is AI transforming banking and insurance, and what regulatory challenges does it pose?

Committee Publication: Final guidelines for counterparty credit risk management
New Basel Committee guidelines establish key practices for resolving industry weaknesses in counterparty credit risk management.

BIS Paper: Central bank digital currencies and fast payment systems: rivals or partners?
Some see a case for a digital central bank currency for general use, others prefer fast payment systems, and some both.

Upcoming

In January: BIS Innovation Hub announces 2025-26 work programme.
17 January: Agustín Carstens delivers keynote speech at Bank of Spain conference.
21 January: Andréa M Maechler participates in a panel at Geneva Day event in Davos.
No later than 30 January: Commercial property prices (Nov); residential property prices (Nov and updated Q3).
No later than 31 January: Consolidated banking statistics (Q3); global liquidity indicators (Q3); locational banking statistics (Q3).