Bank of Spain
Spanish paper analyses determinants of private saving
Fiscal, demographic, financial and income effects are key, researchers find
Paper looks at EU attempt to increase capital supply to SMEs
Measure introduced in CRR has benefited medium but not small businesses, researchers say
Globally active banks have made 'major changes' to funding mix – Spanish paper
Banks used funding from cross-border subsidiaries more after 2007, researchers say
Bank of Spain inspector denounces supervision interference
Supervisors consider essential the creation of a body to safeguard their independence
Bank of Spain warns Catalan crisis may cut growth by 60%
Uncertainty could imperil Spain’s recovery and reduce growth by 2.5% of GDP until late 2019
IMF recommends Spain take a tougher approach on NPLs
Fund advises central bank to set up a group to oversee public asset management company Sareb
China’s deleveraging efforts pose global financial risks, research says
A sudden financial shock may imperil demand, trade and commodity prices
Spanish ex-governor will not face charges over Bankia case
Former IMF managing director will face charges over collapse of Spanish commercial bank
Bank of Spain was one of toughest pre-crisis regulators, report argues
But counter-cyclical provisions were not high enough to cope with crises, Bank of Spain says
Public spending shocks work better when households are confident- paper
Government spending stimulus reduces household confidence as it confirms pessimism regarding the economy, paper argues
Spanish paper looks at sectoral comovement and monetary policy
Monetary policy shocks have greater effects when industries experience comovement - researchers say
Spanish paper looks at business cycle’s effects on industry
Industries are not moving uniformly to cohesion with the business cycle, says paper
Paper’s forecasting technique using Markov-switching models
Results outperform Fed’s survey of professional forecasters, says Bank of Spain paper
Jaime Caruana defends pre-crisis record as Bank of Spain governor
Former governor says ultimate responsibility was on the “deficient” management of the regional savings banks, which relaxed their lending standards
The ECB must reform Target2 to make it sustainable
Target2 has emerged as the eurozone’s financing entity for ballooning structural balance-of-payments gaps. The present system is unsustainable and needs reform, says Philip Turner
Spanish draft law would undermine financial reform, ECB says
Proposals on housing loan settlement would weaken “key pillar” of reform
Paper examines effects of concentration of exports
Bank of Spain researchers examine 12 eurozone countries
Spanish court drops charges against central bank staff
Ex-governor and three senior regulators will not face charges over ‘Bankia affair’
Spanish central bank reorganises directorates
New associate director-general for banking supervision appointed
Spanish paper models effects of European ‘fiscal delegation’
Supranational fiscal authority would improve welfare, authors argue
Spanish paper proposes new measures for economic recoveries
Researchers apply new tests to data on US post-war expansions
People: FSB appoints Kganyago and Chan to committees; Bank of Spain picks new directors-general
Financial Stability Board replaces Menon and Tarullo with South African and HKMA governors; Bank of Spain makes appointments in financial stability and supervision; and more
Bank of Spain upgrades cash-handling directorate
New directorate-general will handle regional branches and banknote production
Bank of Spain paper calculates implicit public debt thresholds
Researchers build on earlier work and apply models to Spanish data