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Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas paper details weak instrument bias in impulse response estimators, favoring VARs over local projections
A new working paper from the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, authored by Daniel J. Lewis and Karel Mertens, details weak instrument bias in impulse response function (IRF) estimators.
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BIS study reveals digitalization boosted firm performance during pandemic
A new working paper from the Bank for International Settlements finds that firms with pre-pandemic digitalization investments significantly outperformed non-digitalized firms in Türkiye during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Federal Reserve study finds rising US educational mobility
A new working paper from the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta reveals that both relative and upward educational mobility in the U.S. increased over the 20th century.
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BIS Irving Fisher Committee reviews 2025 central bank data and statistics workstreams
The Irving Fisher Committee (IFC) of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) published its 2025 Annual Report on January 19, 2026.
Study finds distant wildfire pollution increases household delinquencies
A new working paper estimates that exposure to distant wildfire-attributable air pollution significantly increases household credit card and personal loan delinquencies.
CBRT paper links firm profitability perceptions to economic actions
A new working paper from the Central Bank of the Republic of Türkiye (CBRT) investigates how firm executives' perceptions of profitability influence business expansion or contraction.
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BIS study finds monetary policy dampens private equity activity
A new Bank for International Settlements (BIS) working paper finds that contractionary monetary policy dampens private equity activity.
BIS official highlights financial stability risks from AI and digital finance
Mr Tao Zhang, BIS Chief Representative for Asia and the Pacific, highlighted the financial stability implications of artificial intelligence and digital finance, including tokenisation.
BIS paper finds 4 percent AI productivity gain for European firms
A new Bank for International Settlements working paper finds that artificial intelligence adoption increases labor productivity by 4 percent in European firms.
BIS study finds wavelike dollarisation in international bonds
The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has published a new working paper revealing that the US dollar's prominence in international debt securities has evolved in a wavelike pattern, not a monotonic trend.
BIS study links domestic uncertainty to Latin American output contraction
A new Bank for International Settlements (BIS) working paper reveals that domestic economic policy uncertainty causes significant macroeconomic disruptions in Latin America. The study, covering Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Mexico, finds this leads to output contraction and rising inflation.
BIS study finds banks use CDS for capital requirement adjustments
A new Bank for International Settlements (BIS) study finds that banks significantly increase their use of credit default swaps (CDS) to hedge loans when countercyclical capital buffer (CCyB) rates rise.