- Seven questions for Janet Yellen on financial stability
Report · 3 January 2019
This article presents a detailed interview with former Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen, reflecting on the state of the U.S. financial system ten years after the 2008 Great Recession. Yellen…
- Stress tests: A policymaker’s perspective
Presentation · 5 February 2020
This text contains the formal remarks delivered by Donald Kohn at a Macroprudential Stress-Testing Conference hosted by the European Central Bank. Kohn identifies simultaneous, transparent bank…
- Are we seeing the demise of stress testing?
Report · 24 June 2020
This report provides a critical analysis of the Federal Reserve’s 2020 bank stress testing results, examining whether the central bank has moved away from the original purpose of this essential…
- Reconsidering the regulatory uses of stress testing
Report · 21 May 2024
This report examines the evolution and current effectiveness of annual stress tests as a primary tool for setting minimum capital requirements for large banking institutions in the United States.…
- Will Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse lead to a financial crisis?
Podcast · 3 April 2023
In this episode of the Dollar and Sense podcast, former Federal Reserve Vice Chair Donald Kohn joins host David Dollar to provide a comprehensive post-mortem of the Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) collapse…
- The Significance of the Bank Stress Tests in Europe
Report · 13 July 2010
This report provides an in-depth preview of the 2010 European bank stress tests, conducted by the Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS) to evaluate the resilience of 91 major financial…
- What are macroprudential tools?
Report · 11 February 2020
This primer from the Hutchins Center at Brookings provides a foundational look at macroprudential policies, which were developed to address the systemic vulnerabilities revealed by the 2007-09 global…
- Talking to Dan Tarullo about bank mergers, stress tests, and supervision
News · 9 August 2023
The featured text provides a detailed summary of a conversation with Dan Tarullo, a former Federal Reserve Governor, regarding the contemporary landscape of bank mergers, capital requirements, and…
- Stress testing for human beings
Speech · 26 September 2019
Speech delivered by Charles Randell, Chair of the Financial Conduct Authority, at the Gleneagles Pensions & Savings Symposium highlights that while traditional stress testing led by the Bank of…
- Ravi Menon: MAS' Annual Report 2016/17
Speech · 28 June 2017
In this 2016/17 Annual Report media conference, Ravi Menon, Managing Director of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), provides a comprehensive review of Singapore's economic trajectory and the…
- Lawrence Schembri: Connecting the dots - elevated household debt and the risk to financial stability
Speech · 24 February 2016
In this 2016 address to the Guelph Chamber of Commerce, Lawrence Schembri, Deputy Governor of the Bank of Canada, discusses the central bank's framework for safeguarding financial stability, with a…
- The role of prudential policy in addressing climate change
Speech · 7 October 2021
In this nuanced speech, Fernando Restoy explores the evolving mandate of prudential regulators in the face of the global climate emergency. He begins by acknowledging the scientific consensus on…
- Jessica Chew Cheng Lian: Opening remarks - National Resolution Symposium
Speech · 17 October 2023
In this insightful opening address, Deputy Governor Jessica Chew Cheng Lian underscores the critical importance of a robust resolution framework as the "metaphoric umbrella" that protects the…
- The new BIS strategy - bringing the Americas and Basel closer together
Speech · 30 September 2019
In this 2019 speech delivered in Lima, Agustín Carstens, General Manager of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), introduces the "Innovation BIS 2025" strategic plan. This medium-term roadmap…
- Evaluating the effectiveness of Basel III during Covid-19 and beyond
Speech · 19 April 2021
In this keynote address, Pablo Hernández de Cos, Chair of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS), provides a critical assessment of the Basel III framework during its first real-world…
- The Bulgarian National Bank at 140: central banks and the financial cycle
Speech · 7 July 2019
In this commemorative address, Agustín Carstens examines the dynamics of global and European financial cycles, using Bulgaria’s 140-year monetary history as a backdrop for broader lessons on…
- Towards an operational framework for financial stability: "fuzzy" measurement and its consequences
Report · 10 June 2009
In this seminal BIS Working Paper, Claudio Borio and Mathias Drehmann address the inherent "fuzziness" of measuring financial (in)stability and the subsequent challenges in developing an effective…
- Yves Mersch: Interview in Het Financieele Dagblad
Speech · 11 September 2013
In this 2013 interview, Yves Mersch outlines the road to the European Banking Union, framing it as the "magic bullet" to end the financial fragmentation that plagued the Eurozone after the sovereign…
- Revisions to the Basel II market risk framework - updated as of 31 December 2010
Standard or Guidance · 11 February 2011
Basel 2.5 was developed as a direct response to the massive losses and excessive leverage accumulated in bank trading books during the global financial crisis. The Committee realized that the…
- Basel Committee releases revised version of Basel III's Liquidity Coverage Ratio
Standard or Guidance · 7 January 2013
This 2013 press release marks a watershed moment in the implementation of the Basel III regulatory framework, specifically the finalization of the Liquidity Coverage Ratio (LCR). Endorsed by the…
- Sabine Lautenschläger: Risk reduction in the euro area - how low can you go?
Speech · 25 April 2018
In this 2018 contribution, Sabine Lautenschläger argues that the Eurozone's stability depends on a self-reinforcing cycle of "reducing risks" and "growing closer together." She positions the European…
- Vítor Constâncio: Introductory remarks at the fifth ECB conference on accounting, financial reporting and corporate governance for central banks
Speech · 20 June 2016
In this 2016 address, Vítor Constâncio explores the critical intersection of accounting standards, central bank balance sheets, and the Single Supervisory Mechanism (SSM). He frames accounting not…
- "Computing Capital for Incremental Risk in the Trading Book" and "Revisions to the Basel II market risk framework" - consultative documents issued by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision
Press release | 22 July 2008The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision today issued for public comment Guidelines for Computing Capital for Incremental Risk in the Trading Book as well as Proposed…
- Basel Committee consults on targeted adjustments to its standard on interest rate risk in the banking book
Press release | 12 December 2023Basel Committee publishes consultation on targeted adjustment to its standard on interest rate risk in the banking book.Adjustments update calibration of the…
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