BDI
Artificial intelligence and its footprint on the US economy
A Banca d'Italia paper quantifies artificial intelligence's macroeconomic footprint in the US economy, focusing on investment and production.
Paper
BIS
Migrant networks drive trade expansion through new product relationships
A new working paper from the Oesterreichische Nationalbank (OeNB) finds that immigration significantly boosts trade for OECD countries.
BDI
Expert judgment boosts Banca d'Italia's credit risk assessment accuracy
A Banca d'Italia study reveals that expert assessment significantly improves the predictive power of its in-house credit assessment system (ICAS) for Italian non-financial firms.
BDF
Investment funds' liquidity tools effective in normal times, need calibration for stress
A CSSF working paper assesses liquidity management tools (LMTs) used by Luxembourg-domiciled open-ended funds.
BANXICO
Mexican regional economies show growth in late 2025, face complex outlook
Banco de México's latest report on regional economies for October-December 2025 indicates economic activity expanded across all regions, driven by tertiary sectors and industrial recovery.
BDI
Generative AI offers partial solution for banks' emissions data gaps
A Banca d'Italia paper investigates if Generative AI can address significant data gaps and inconsistencies in euro area banks' emissions reporting, particularly for scope 3. The study finds GenAI offers a partial solution but notes similar quality issues and concerns regarding replicability and transparency.
BDI
Green bond pricing sophisticated, rewards issuer environmental score
A Banca d'Italia Occasional Paper provides empirical evidence that green bond pricing is sophisticated, with investors considering the issuer's environmental score and project soundness.
BDI
Agentic AI offers potential to streamline central bank policy briefing
Agentic AI, combining large language models with autonomous goal setting, can automate key tasks in central bank policy briefing.
BDI
AI adoption boosts Italian firm productivity and shapes inflation expectations
A Banca d'Italia study finds that artificial intelligence adoption among Italian firms increases labor productivity and profitability.
BDI
Italian LSIs' higher loan defaults linked to riskier client profiles
A Banca d'Italia study reveals that higher default rates on corporate loans by Italian less significant institutions (LSIs) are largely explained by their tendency to serve smaller and riskier firms.
BIS
Central bank funding reduces private costs, stimulates credit
A new Bank for International Settlements working paper finds that central bank funding schemes primarily reduce private wholesale funding costs, stimulating credit supply.