Podcasts by BISness
Experts from the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) explain their work and discuss current issues for the global economy. As a hub for central banks and other financial regulatory and supervisory authorities, the BIS seeks to build a greater collective understanding of the world economy, foster international cooperation and support policy making.
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What might artificial intelligence mean for inequality? from 2023-12-11T12:50
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Media briefing on the BIS Quarterly Review, December 2023 from 2023-12-04T11:50
Claudio Borio and Hyun Song Shin summarise the De...
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30 years of the HKMA with Eddie Yue and Tao Zhang from 2023-11-24T07:50
Which trends might shape Asia’s economic outlook? Which challenges do emerging markets currently face? Hong Kon...
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Will the real stablecoin please stand up? from 2023-11-08T12:45
Do stablecoins live up to their name and can they serve as a reliable means of payment...
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Media briefing on the BIS Quarterly Review, September 2023 from 2023-09-18T10:50
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Navigating the disinflation journey from 2023-07-06T08:45:31
The last mile to price stability will be most challenging, says Agustín Carstens, discussing the risks to the global economy laid out in the Listen
Monetary and fiscal policy interactions from 2023-06-25T20:50
Claudio Borio offers a historic perspective on the interaction of fiscal and monetary policy to better understand the challenges facing the global economy today, and draw some lessons for the fu...
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Improving the old, enabling the new from 2023-06-20T10:45
Hyun Song Shin explains the main elements of the unified ledger and how tokenisation can be a game changer for the monetary system. Listen
Inequality hysteresis: what it is and why it matters from 2023-05-17T08:04:24
Over the past 40 years, income inequality within countries has risen inexorably. A book by BIS authors explains why this has profound implications for the design of macroeconomic stabilisation p...
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Innovation and the future of the monetary system from 2023-04-27T12:09
In a speech, Agustín Carstens argues that central banks need to think big to reap the greatest benefits from innovation. He discusses the options with Sopnendu Mohanty, Chief Fintech Officer of ...
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Crypto shocks and retail losses from 2023-04-13T14:04:03
How did the 2022 turmoil in the crypto market affect small, retail investors compared with large or insid...
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Project Nexus – charting a course for frictionless cross-border payments from 2023-04-04T09:29:23
Andrew McCormack, Head, BIS Innovation Hub Singapore Centre, discusses Project Nexus, a blueprint for connecting multiple national payment systems into a cross-border network that could enable i...
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A candid view on green finance from 2023-03-24T10:37:09
Global green financing has grown 100 times over the past decade. And yet, it is still surrounded by considerable controversy – why is it so? Bank of France’s Jean Boissinot – a leading expert of...
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Cecilia Skingsley: Getting innovation right is not trivial from 2023-03-15T09:29:46
Cecilia Skingsley looks at her first six months as Head...
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Media briefing on the BIS Quarterly Review, March 2023 from 2023-02-27T11:45
Claudio Borio and Hyun Song Shin summarize the March 2023 Quarterly Review and answer journalists' questions about market developments...
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“Front-loading” monetary tightening: pros and cons from 2023-02-06T10:08:17
Central banks face difficult trade-offs when deciding the speed and size of interest rate hikes to counter inflation, as well as how long to keep the policy rate at the peak. Egon Zakrajšek, Sen...
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Using CBDCs across borders: lessons from practical experiments from 2023-01-20T12:44:41
The BIS Innovation Hub is leading practical experiments to show how CBDCs can help deliver faster, cheaper and more transparent cross-border payments. Codruta Boar, advisor at the Innovation Hub...
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The global foreign exchange market in a volatile time from 2022-12-05T11:50
Turnover in global foreign exchange (FX) markets reached $7.5 trillion per day in April 2022 in a volatile market, the 2022 Triennial Survey shows. Vlad Sushko, senior economist at the BIS, disc...
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Persistent risks in foreign exchange trades, hidden dollar debt from 2022-12-05T11:50
Claudio Borio and Hyun Song Shin brief the media on the key takeaways of the BIS December 2022 Quarterly Review and answer questions a...
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Project Genesis and the return to a less polluted world from 2022-11-15T13:56:35
Innovative technologies can foster a greener future by transforming finance. A case in point is the work being done by the BIS Innovation Hub Centre in Hong Kong. Bénédicte Nolens, head of the c...
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Under pressure: market conditions and stress from 2022-09-20T10:01:44
How can policymakers detect future stress risk in financial markets? Our staff developed new market conditions indicators for three ...
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Markets swing on changing perceptions of the policy outlook: BIS Quarterly Review from 2022-09-19T15:48:01
Claudio Borio and Hyun Song Shin summarize the September 2022 Quarterly Review and answer journalists' questions about market developm...
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More of the BIS to Asia, more of Asia to the BIS from 2022-09-01T07:47:58
Asia-Pacific has often been at the centre of global developments in recent years. Siddharth Tiwari, departing Chief of the BIS Offi...
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Financial Inclusion and CBDC from 2022-08-04T13:48:20
Nana Yaa Boakye-Adjei, Senior Consultant at the World Bank, speaks about Financial Inclusion, CBDC and the work she has been d...
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Old challenges, new shocks from 2022-06-29T13:53:53
High inflation and mounting growth headwinds raise the prospects of global stagflation and call for quick and decisive action by central banks, says Agustín Carstens, presenting the Listen
Inflation: a look under the hood from 2022-06-26T08:45
The recent surge in inflation has underscored the need to “look under the hood” to better understand how relative price changes can morp...
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The future monetary system from 2022-06-21T10:30
What will the future of the monetary system look like? Hyun Song Shin, BIS Economic Advisor and Head of Research, presents a blueprint for the future monetary system as the fus...
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Is green the new black? from 2022-05-26T23:00:38
From black swans to green swans, Luiz Pereira da Silva talks about climate risks and what sustainable finance can realistically do for the transition to net zero, also in the light of the recent in...
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Drivers of post-pandemic growth from 2022-05-19T14:20:51
What will global growth look like once ...
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What are the challenges for central banks in a digital world? from 2022-04-25T12:21:19
Agustín Carstens speaks with Andrew Bailey from the Bank of England, Jerome Powell from the Federal Reserve Board, Joachim Nagel from the Deutsche Bundesbank and Noor Shamsiah Mohd Yunus from Bank ...
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Cyber threats and cyber resilience from 2021-12-27T13:05:24
What is cyber resilience and how can institutions and users develop it? Chui Yong and David Whyte offer some insights into this fascinating topic.
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Beyond green swans: the BIS’s work on climate from 2021-11-05T13:33:35
Corrinne Ho offers a bird’s eye view on all of the BIS’s workstreams relating to climate change and green finance. From banking services to economic research, from innovation to regulation and c...
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Die Ausstellung BIS 90 Years from 2021-10-11T10:24:23
Projektleiter und BIZ Historiker Piet Clement spricht über die BIS 90 Years Ausstellung, die vom 26. Oktober – 4. November 2021 in Basel sta...
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The BIS 90 Years exhibition from 2021-10-11T10:21:07
Project Manager and BIS historian Piet Clement and exhibition designer Pablo Berger discuss the BIS 90 Years exhibition set to take place f...
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Big techs in finance: regulatory approaches and policy options from 2021-09-08T08:00
Johannes Ehrentraud reflects on potential regulatory approaches and policy options for big techs in finance, as described in FSI Brief 12, (...
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Women in central banking from 2021-07-21T08:04:15
Diversity is about inclusion”. This podcast episode is a compilation of excerpts from a livestreamed panel discussion on women in central banking, moderated by Cecilia Skingsley and including pa...
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Covid and beyond from 2021-06-29T11:45
Agustín Carstens discusses the uneven economic recovery from Covid-19, the challenges for normalising fiscal and monetary policy and the outlook for inflation, as outlined in the Listen
The distributional footprint of monetary policy from 2021-06-29T11:45
Claudio Borio discusses the nexus between inequality and monetary policy, as outlined in Chapter II of the BIS Annual Economic Report.
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CBDCs - an opportunity for the monetary system from 2021-06-23T12:50
Benoit Coeuré and Hyun Song Shin discuss Chapter 3 of the Annual Economic Report on CBDCs and how the BIS sees them best evolving for c...
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The origins of the BIS’s views on exchange rates, capital flows and the financial cycle from 2021-06-11T07:24:11
Barry Eichengreen discusses the origins of the BIS’s views on exchange rates, capital flows and the financial cycle, based on his chapter in a recently published Listen
Carolyn Rogers: Banking for the future from 2021-05-20T12:15:55
Carolyn Rogers speaks on how the pandemic affected banks, supervisors and the Basel Committee, presents the Listen
BIS Statistics: the data watchdogs of global financial stability from 2021-04-30T13:07:38
Patrick McGuire and Goetz von Peter explain what happened to financial flows during the Covid-19 pandemic year of 2020, using recently updated international banking and global liquidity data.
Zombie firms: the plight of the corporate undead from 2021-04-13T08:14:15
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Central banks and their monetary policy responses to the Covid-19 pandemic from 2021-03-30T12:37:56
Carlos Cantú and Paolo Cavallino explain how a novel database provides a “deep dive” into the monetary policy responses of central banks worldwide during the Covid-19 pandemic. Listen
Bill Dudley: if the BIS didn’t exist, it would have to be invented from 2021-03-11T13:30:50
Bill Dudley explains the BIS’s role in supporting global financial stability and highlights from his time chairing some of the central bank committees in an interview conducted on 18 January 202...
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Harold James: The BIS and the European Monetary Experiment from 2021-01-27T12:57:22
Harold James discusses the role the BIS played in the creation of the Euro, based on his book chapter in a recently published Listen
Andrew Baker: Tower of Contrarian Thinking from 2020-12-03T15:00
Andrew Baker explains the concept of measured contrarianism and how it allowed the BIS to reframe the understanding of financial stability, as described in a recently published Listen
The Bank of Amsterdam and its lessons for the governance of money from 2020-11-12T11:01:45
Jon Frost and Giulio Cornelli tell the story of the Bank of Amsterdam, an 18th century deposit bank, and its lessons for the digital age. Its ...
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Chris Brummer: Soft Law and the BIS from 2020-11-04T06:49
Chris Brummer speaks about his chapter on Soft Law and the BIS in a recently published Listen
Catherine Schenk: Governance at the BIS since 1973 from 2020-10-22T13:00
Catherine R Schenk speaks about her chapter on governance at the BIS in a recently published Listen
Central bank digital currencies: foundational principles and core features from 2020-10-09T07:05:12
Benoît Cœuré and Sir Jon Cunliffe, co-chairs of a central bank working group, discuss the report, Central Bank digi...
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Jean-François Rigaudy on reserve management and the BIS from 2020-08-18T09:58:50
Jean-François Rigaudy, outgoing Deputy Head of the BIS Banking Department, offers some insights on the evolution of reserve management, and of BIS banking services, from a long career serving ce...
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Agustín Carstens and Claudio Borio on the central bank response to the Covid-19 crisis from 2020-06-30T11:12:47
Agustín Carstens discusses the monetary and fiscal response to the Covid-19 pandemic and the challenges facing central banks ahead. Claudio Borio talks about the steps central banks took as regu...
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Hyun Song Shin: Central banks and payments in the digital era from 2020-06-24T10:50
Hyun Song Shin discusses how central banks, as guardians of the safety and integrity of the payment system, must keep evolving to meet the chall...
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The BIS at 90 from 2020-05-17T08:00
Piet Clement explains the origins of the BIS and the roles it has played since opening on 17 May 1930.
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FSI crisis management series - the banking crisis in Iceland publication from 2020-03-26T14:57
Patrizia Baudino speaks about Iceland in 2008 as part of the Financial Stability Institute’s new series on bank crisis management. Listen
Morten Bech: Technology is transforming payments from 2020-03-01T16:50
In this episode, Morten Bech explains what’s shaping the future of payments.
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Geoff Summerhayes on climate change, insurance and the role of financial supervisors from 2020-02-24T11:38:28
Global warming has increased the frequency and severity of natural catastrophes. Geoff Summerhayes explains the challenges related to climate risk assessment and the transition to a low-carbon e...
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Bruno Tissot speaks about "big data" and its implications for central banks from 2020-02-17T10:25:30
"Big data" is an increasingly important topic in the creation, storage, retrieval, methodology and analysis of multiple sources of information – for both the private and public sectors. Listen
Luiz Pereira da Silva speaks about “green swan” risks from 2020-01-21T09:28:50
Climate change poses new challenges to central banks, regulators and supervisors. Luiz Pereira da Silva reviews ways of ...
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Hyun Song Shin explains what the BIS Innovation Hub is all about from 2019-12-18T16:10:40
Hyun Song Shin explains how the BIS Innovation Hub, a new project designed to support central bank collaboration on new technology and to...
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The design of digital financial infrastructure: lessons from India from 2019-12-15T16:45
Siddharth Tiwari explains India’s experience with designing digital infrastructure and the lessons it holds for improving cross border payments.
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FX and OTC derivatives markets through the lens of the BIS Triennial Survey from 2019-12-08T16:59
Hyun Song Shin offers some key analytical insights on foreign exchange and OTC derivatives markets from the latest Listen
Agustín Carstens on the global economy, the role of fiscal policy and digital currencies from 2019-10-31T10:15:23
Agustín Carstens discusses whether fiscal policy coordination can help slowing global growth and how Libra sparked an importan...
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Amit Seru discusses the policy challenges of the fintech revolution from 2019-10-10T14:27:44
Amit Seru, the Steven and Roberta Denning Professor of Finance at the Graduate School of Business of Stanford University and Listen
Reserve management goes green: the BIS green bond fund from 2019-09-26T08:27:54
Ulrike Elsenhuber and Omar Zulaica, from the BIS’s Banking Department, explain how the BIS and central banks are supporting environmental sustainability and the greening of the financial system ...
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Markets swing on trade and monetary policy from 2019-09-22T15:57
Claudio Borio sat down on 19 Sept to discuss the Bank for International Settlements’ latest Listen
Catherine Schenk on why history matters for current economic events and policymaking from 2019-08-13T13:53:28
Catherine Schenk, Professor of Economic and Social History at Oxford and Listen
William Coen reflects on his years at the Basel Committee from 2019-07-10T14:53:14
William Coen recently left his job of Secretary General of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision....
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Claudio Borio: Monetary policy frameworks in emerging markets from 2019-06-30T10:45
Claudio Borio, Head of the BIS Monetary and Economic Department, explains the particular challenges ...
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Agustín Carstens: Risks to the global economy and the path to higher interest rates from 2019-06-30T10:45
BIS General Manager Agustín Carstens speaks about the risks to the global economic outlook...
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Hyun Song Shin: Big tech in finance from 2019-06-21T15:38:46
BIS Economic Adviser and Head of Research Hyun Song Shin discusses the entry of big tech companie...
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