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1Learning ResourcesRegent’s University London
Learning Resources – Information ResearchBank for International Settlement
Segment Six – Bank for International
Settlement
Online Research Induction
• International Management• International Political Economy• International Business• International Relations
Online Research Induction for Students of
• to introduce new online resources to students of Int. Management, Int. Political Economy, Int. Business and Int. Relations
• to enable students to find and use statistics and alternative arguments to underpin their academic research
• to foster critical thinking by providing alternative arguments and use of other points of views
Purpose of these sessions
• divided into three sessions each dealing with organisations
• giving information about statistics, reports, papers, publications
• main-stream information and alternative views
The topic will be
Established on 17 May 1930 (world's oldest international financial organisation.)
Head office: Basel with two representative offices in Hong Kong and Mexico City.
Customers are central banks and international organisations the BIS does not accept deposits from, or provide
financial services to, private individuals or corporate entities
The mission is to serve central banks in their pursuit of monetary and financial stability to foster international cooperation in those areas to act as a bank for central banks
Bank for International Settlement (BIS)(http://www.bis.org/)
In broad outline, the BIS pursues its mission by:
promoting discussion and facilitating collaboration among central banks
supporting dialogue with other authorities that are responsible for promoting financial stability
conducting research on policy issues confronting central banks and financial supervisory authorities
acting as a prime counterparty for central banks in their financial transactions
serving as an agent or trustee in connection with international financial operations
Bank for International Settlement (BIS)(http://www.bis.org/)
Central Bank Hub (http://www.bis.org/central_bank_hub_overview.htm)• forum for
– discussion– policy analysis – information-sharing
… among central banks
Central Bank Research Hub (http://www.bis.org/cbhub/index.htm)
facilitating access to research publications from the community of central banks and international financial institutions
Bank for International Settlement (BIS)(http://www.bis.org/)
This gives you an overview
over the most recent additions either by title or
by author(s)
More ‘Research by…’ options
Search by author
Central Bank websites (http://www.bis.org/cbanks.htm) Central Bank Governance Forum
(http://www.bis.org/about/cbgov.htm) acts as a focal point for discussion of and clearing house
for information on central bank governance and organisational matters
Monetary and financial stability (http://www.bis.org/stability.htm) standing committees located at the BIS support central
banks, and authorities in charge of financial stability more generally, by providing background analysis and policy recommendations
Bank for International Settlement (BIS)(http://www.bis.org/)
Monetary and financial stability (cont.) standing committees are: • the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision
(www.bis.org/bcbs/index.htm)• the Committee on the Global Financial System
(www.bis.org/cgfs/index.htm)• the Committee on Payment and Settlement Systems
(www.bis.org/cpss/index.htm)• the Markets Committee (http://www.bis.org/about/factmktc.htm)• the Central Bank Governance Forum
(http://www.bis.org/about/cbgov.htm)• the Irving Fisher Committee on Central Bank Statistics
(http://www.bis.org/ifc/index.htm)
Bank for International Settlement (BIS)(http://www.bis.org/)
Gives information of monetary & banking stability instruments, like Basel I, II and III
Publications and research (www.bis.org/forum/research.htm)
The BIS publishes the Annual Report (www.bis.org/publ/annualreport.htm) Quarterly Review (www.bis.org/publ/quarterly.htm) committee publications (www.bis.org/publ/cmtpubl.htm) Historical materials (www.bis.org/publ/meth.htm) Group of Ten publications (www.bis.org/list/g10publications/index.htm) works published by a specific author (www.bis.org/author/index.htm) meetings and conferences (www.bis.org/list/conferences/index.htm) working papers (www.bis.org/list/wpapers/index.htm) Asian office research (www.bis.org/about/repoffice_asia/aoresearch.htm)
Bank for International Settlement (BIS)(http://www.bis.org/)
Statistics banking statistics (www.bis.org/statistics/about_banking_stats.htm) the cross-border lending and borrowing of internationally active
banks in key financial centres, including offshore centres
securities statistics (http://www.bis.org/statistics/secstats.htm) issuing activity in international and domestic securities markets
derivatives statistics (http://www.bis.org/statistics/secstats.htm) and Triennial Survey (http://www.bis.org/triennial.htm)
activity in over-the-counter and exchange-traded derivatives markets
Bank for International Settlement (BIS)(http://www.bis.org/)
Statistics (cont.) effective exchange rates (www.bis.org/statistics/eer/index.htm) effective exchange rate (EER) indices for 58 economies foreign exchange statistics (www.bis.org/triennial.htm) activity in the global foreign exchange markets external debt statistics (www.bis.org/publ/r_debt.htm) external debt positions of individual countries based on BIS
banking and securities statistics and on data from other international organisations
payment statistics (www.bis.org/statistics/payment_stats.htm) payment and settlement systems in major financial centres
Bank for International Settlement (BIS)(http://www.bis.org/)
Statistics (cont.) property price statistics (www.bis.org/statistics/pp.htm) residential property, commercial property and land price indices
for 54 economies
statistics on credit to the private sector (www.bis.org/statistics/credtopriv.htm)
long series on credit to private non-financial sectors for 40 economies
global liquidity indicators (www.bis.org/statistics/gli.htm)indicators developed to monitor global liquidity conditions
Bank for International Settlement (BIS)(http://www.bis.org/)
