Bank for International Settlements (BIS)
People: January to March 2026
A round-up of central bankers in the news and on the move during the past three months
People: Williams to continue leading BIS markets committee
Plus appointments in Baltics and departures at Bank of Canada
Debt metrics fail to reflect financial instability – BIS paper
Author says standard measures of government debt sustainability omit key market dynamics
Iran war and persistent inflation will derail policy – panellists
Former St Louis Fed president joins ECB and BIS’s chief economists in outlining future paths
Economists expect BoK to tilt hawkish under Shin
Expert says new governor to bring ‘distinctly BIS-influenced framework’ to South Korean central bank
BIS study uncovers credit crunch driven by geopolitics
Paper finds that lending recovers more slowly than trade following shock events
ECB expects growth, even in ‘most severe scenarios’ – de Guindos
Outgoing vice-president downplays chances of Lagarde finishing her term early
Hyun Song Shin nominated as Bank of Korea governor
BIS’s former top economist says he will helm central bank at ‘critical juncture’
BIS authors say Bistro should be on central banks’ menu
Economists say new LLM is better at projecting inflation than standard econometric models
BIS urges central banks to look through energy price surge
Oil and gas prices up 40% and 60% respectively since Middle East conflict began
Hélène Rey to head BIS monetary and economic department
Scholar of international monetary system will replace Hyun Song Shin later this year
Decentralised money always fragments – BIS’s Shin
Paper shows blockchain-based finance cannot replicate network effects of central bank money
‘Technology intensity’ worsens employment outcomes – study
Authors say jobs more likely to be lost in sectors with large prior investments in robotics and IT
Governor of the year: Jerome Powell
The Fed chair has shown high levels of integrity and resolve in upholding his public duty in the pursuit of price stability and maximum employment
Reserve manager: Central Bank of the Philippines
New risk management approaches, forward-looking SAA tranching, internal capacity building and a redesigned external fund management framework set the BSP apart
Work on improving resilience ‘not finished’ – BIS’s de Cos
Head of global watchdog calls for regulators to monitor non-bank sector as lending migrates
Monetary policy in Asia since the pandemic
Asean+3 nations must plan to tackle ‘disturbance’, ‘structural’ and ‘radical’ uncertainty using a disciplined policy mix to preserve price stability amid global shocks, writes Dong He
US firms dominate entire AI supply chains – BIS bulletin
Tech giants operate across all layers, including designing chips and running clouds, study says
Emerging economies likely to lag advanced in AI-led growth – study
BIS report highlights divergence in technology’s impact on jobs and countries’ ability to adapt
Basel Committee warns of rollover risks in SRT markets
Investors’ appetite for synthetic risk transfers could lessen during downturns, organisation says
Central banks develop GenAI tool for inflation nowcasting
Researchers say method has global applicability