Asia-Pacific
One-fifth of central banks lack defined risk tolerance and strategy
But majority of respondents apply risk management principles to policies and processes
Adoption of governance, risk and compliance systems still partial
Respondents mention main service providers and plans to upgrade
Decentralised risk teams less likely to have chief risk officers
CROs are also less common at Asia-Pacific and European central banks
PBoC provides further financial support for tech firms
Central bank follows up on previous policy and allocates $13.6 billion through lending facility
Credit and counterparty risk gains relevance as most covered risk
But central banks’ top risks vary by geographical regions
Centralised risk teams tend to have more sub-units
Size of central banks with climate change risk unit steadies at 12%
Confidence in stability matters for financial inclusion – IMF paper
Study of central Asia finds good governance increases effectiveness of many policies
Financial and op risk divisions maintain largest staff
Upper-middle income nations tend to have different staffing priorities
The BoJ’s path to policy normalisation
Will the Bank of Japan be able to normalise monetary policy following its successful exit from negative rates?
China’s inflation drops to five-month low, despite stimulus
Some analysts expect PBoC to deliver further cuts in rates and RRRs by end of 2025
Share of economics departments with data unit rises
Web scraping and administrative data are top alternative sources for economists
South Korea pledges ‘unlimited liquidity’ to stabilise markets
Authorities ready to support stock, bond, short-term funding and FX markets amid political turmoil
Economists commonly use AI for data analysis
Lower-middle income countries, Africa and Asia-Pacific report lower use of AI
Peer-reviewed journals still top gauge for research impact
Smaller teams more likely to consider conference presentations as assessment tool
Cross-currency letters of credit gaining popularity in Asia
Divergent central bank policies see CNH LCs increasingly used to cover USD invoices
Inflation and GDP growth forecast errors decrease further
Forecast errors used widely for key model adjustments
Central banks published fewer working papers and articles in 2023
Middle income and low income central banks published less
Time series and semi-structural models widely applied
High income countries more likely to use AI than peers from other income levels
Economic growth and inflation remain most forecast indicators
But year-on-year data show rising priority for exchange rates
Policy analysis takes most of PhD economists’ time
Other tasks consume just a quarter of their official hours
Economists’ median salary falls below $30,000 a year
Annual budget of economics departments averages under $1 million
Policy economists outnumber research colleagues
Economics FTE staff make up 4% of central banks’ overall employees, on average
Economics teams tend to be tailored by institution
But hub and spoke model is prevalent among high income respondents
Indian central bank postpones IM go-live date
RBI communicated delay to initial margin rules one day before planned November 8 implementation