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BIS reports global cross-border bank claims reach $45 trillion
Global cross-border bank claims expanded by $832 billion in the third quarter of 2025, reaching $45 trillion, the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) reported.
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BIS FSI expands global supervisory support and digital tools in 2025
The Financial Stability Institute (FSI) of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) strengthened global financial systems in 2025 through expanded policy work, outreach, and capacity development.
BIS paper develops tractable menu cost model with aggregate markup drift
A new Bank for International Settlements (BIS) working paper extends the menu cost model by introducing a drift in the aggregate markup.
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DAGs improve local projections for causal effects of uncertainty shocks
A new working paper by Burkhard Raunig of the Oesterreichische Nationalbank demonstrates how Directed Acyclic Graphs (DAGs) can guide local projections (LPs) to estimate causal responses.
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.
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.
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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.
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.
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.