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10 Mar

Press release:
Stephen G Cecchetti appointed Economic Adviser, Head of Monetary and Economic Department


06 Mar

IJCB:
International Journal of Central Banking, March issue


03 Mar

Working Papers:


03 Mar

Publication and press release :
BIS Quarterly Review March 2008 - International banking and financial market developments In this issue:

  • Monetary operations and the financial turmoil
  • What drives interbank rates? Evidence from the Libor panel
  • Interbank rate fixings during the recent turmoil
  • The spillover of money market turbulence to FX swap and cross-currency swap markets
  • Credit fundamentals, ratings and value-at-risk: CDOs versus corporate exposures

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Speeches

11 Mar

Messrs Bollard, Kohn, Noyer, Ortiz, Reddy, Redrado, Stark, Trichet and Wellink Read central bankers speeches


29 Feb

Speech by Malcolm D Knight: Now you see it, now you don't; the nature of risk and the current financial turmoil Read BIS management speeches


01 Feb

Speech by Malcolm D Knight: Transparency and communication in monetary policy Read BIS management speeches