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Asset allocations
It will come as little surprise that central banks allocate the largest portion of their reserves to US Treasuries.
But some other trends stand out. Investors in Asia and Europe are more likely to invest in SIBs. Almost all holdings of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are in high income jurisdictions. Central banks from high income countries are also more likely to invest in green bonds, and in currencies such as the yen and sterling.
For the full breakdown, use the benchmarking service’s interactive charts to explore the data.
Economists’ rate of access to centralised data services still below par
Central banks in high-income jurisdictions still have more access
Most heads of research are responsible for sign-off on research
Peer-reviewed papers remain most-used metric for measuring research success
Central banks average 11 working papers over the past year
Just over a quarter of central banks run research blogs
Central banks prioritise inflation dynamics research
Middle income institutions tend to have much widest research interests