Bank for International Settlements
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Promoting global monetary & financial stability since 1930

 Basel, Switzerland
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Joined June 2010
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ICYMI: Central banks adjust how they communicate about inflation based on economic conditions. When changes in food and energy prices deviate from core inflation, they communicate more about inflation overall. Read the full article: bit.ly/4r4XTw7 #BISQuarterly
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A new BIS Paper explores how hardware-protected ‘safe rooms’ for code and data can let central banks share insights, not data. Read it here: bit.ly/4xNXyzw
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#AI and robots could ease demographic pressures. But automation potential is poorly aligned with the sectors where workforces are #ageing in several advanced economies. A new BIS Bulletin explores the policy implications. bit.ly/4hKwDij #BISBulletin
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#AI and robots could ease ageing-related workforce pressures but older workers often work in less-automatable sectors. A new BIS Bulletin maps this mismatch across 135 economies. Read more here: bit.ly/4hKwDij #BISBulletin
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In case you missed it: global sovereign yields climbed, partly driven by fiscal challenges and rising term premia, while risk assets were broadly resilient despite faltering AI‑driven momentum. bit.ly/4h2v4eY #BISQuarterly
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ICYMI: As lending by private credit firms to tech surged, borrower fundamentals weakened and loan prices became more uniform, raising concerns about potentially inadequate pricing of risks. What does this mean for financial stability? bit.ly/4xNwwJt #BISQuarterly
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A new working paper shows global imbalances have recently increased sharply, driven mainly by financial factors. Any sizeable reduction would trigger large international spillovers, which would have negative macro and financial effects on many countries bit.ly/3TF9J3H
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Out now: #BaselCommittee monitoring report shows #Basel III risk-based capital and leverage ratios remained stable for large internationally active banks over H2 2025. bit.ly/46DxImQ
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ICYMI: International credit to Africa has grown rapidly, driven by new lenders, borrowers and bond markets. Read more in the full article: bit.ly/4r4jrsy #BISQuarterly
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ICYMI: International credit to sub-Saharan Africa has grown fast since the GFC: cross-border loans more than doubled and bond issuance grew over sevenfold, reaching $456 billion by end-2025. bit.ly/4r4jrsy #BISQuarterly
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Disruptions to traffic in the Strait of Hormuz act like global negative supply shocks: energy and fertiliser prices rise, global output falls, global inflation and credit spreads increase. We leverage real-time shipping data across 12 chokepoints. bit.ly/4y04Xgb
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ICYMI: As lending by private credit firms to tech surged, borrower fundamentals weakened and loan prices became more uniform, raising concerns about potentially inadequate pricing of risks. What does this mean for financial stability? bit.ly/4xNwwJt #PrivateCredit
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Tune into the media briefing from 11 September and follow remarks by Frank Smets and Gaston Gelos about the latest #BISQuarterly Review. #FinancialStability #AI #PrivateCredit
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International credit to sub-Saharan Africa has grown fast since the GFC: cross-border loans more than doubled and bond issuance grew over sevenfold, reaching $456 billion by end-2025. bit.ly/4r4jrsy #BISDataStories #BISResearch #Africa
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International credit to Africa has grown rapidly, driven by new lenders, borrowers and bond markets. Read more in the full article: bit.ly/4r4jrsy
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A study of pay practices at banks that failed in 2023 shows weak governance failed to align pay with risk and with the deterioration of economic performance. Read more: bit.ly/3SXzLi7
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With rising yields, government bond “cheapness” relative to derivatives has become a prevailing phenomenon across key bond markets. The resulting widening of interest rate swap spreads has become attractive for leveraged relative value traders. Read more: bit.ly/4h2v4eY
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How have banks’ compensation practices changed in the aftermath of the Great Financial Crisis? Has this affected the risk taken on by banks? Find out more in our #BISQuarterly article: bit.ly/3SXzLi7
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Central banks adjust how they communicate about inflation based on economic conditions. When changes in food and energy prices deviate from core inflation, they communicate more about inflation overall. Read the full article: bit.ly/4r4XTw7
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During periods of rising inflation, central banks communicate more about price dynamics of specific items in the consumption basket. This includes food, energy and services, as seen during the post-pandemic surge. Read the full article: bit.ly/4r4XTw7
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