Innovation Hub work programme 2025-26
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Cecilia Skingsley reflects on the first five years of the BIS Innovation Hub and discusses how it can continue to be useful to the central banking community.
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Media briefing on the BIS Quarterly Review, December 2024
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Claudio Borio and Hyun Song Shin summarise the and answer journalists' questions about financial market developments and the economic outlook.
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Price stability and trust in money
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Andréa M Maechler explains why price stability matters for consumers, employers, and investors and how central banks provide trust in money on three fronts, among other topics.
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Fast payments and central bank digital currencies: rivals or partners?
BISness
Jon Frost of the BIS Office for the Americas and Holti Banka from the World Bank dive into fast payments and central bank digital currencies, exploring their key differences and similarities, and looking into what the future holds.
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Central banks’ role in climate change-related topics
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Bank of France Governor François Villeroy de Galhau, Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda, Bank of Spain Governor José Luis Escrivá and European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde discuss the implications of climate change for the real economy and central banks. Link to event page: https://www.bis.org/events/green_swan_2024/overview.htm
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Housing costs
BISness
Deniz Igan explains the drivers and implications of the strong growth of housing costs despite a decline in inflation.
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Media briefing on the BIS Quarterly Review, September 2024
BISness
Claudio Borio and Hyun Song Shin summarise the September 2024 Quarterly Review and answer journalists' questions about financial market developments and the economic outlook.
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The carry trade unwind
BISness
Andreas Schrimpf and Vladyslav Sushko explain the drivers and implications of the unwinding of carry trades, which were associated with financial market turbulence in August 2024.
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Laying the foundations
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Agustín Carstens outlines the ideal policy constellation for the fastest growth with the lowest inflation and issues a call to action for governments.
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Monetary policy in the 21st century: lessons learned and challenges ahead
BISness
Claudio Borio discusses the lessons learned for monetary policy from the extraordinary events of the past 25 years, and looks ahead to upcoming challenges. .
info_outlineCecilia Skingsley and Hyun Song Shin explain the BIS’s new project to test the tokenization of commercial and central bank money, in association with seven central banks.