NBER Working Paper – Uncertainty Shocks, Capital Flows, and International Risk Spillovers

Author(s): Ozge Akinci, Ṣebnem Kalemli-Özcan, and Albert Queralto Date: May 2022 Abstract: Foreign investors’ changing appetite for risk-taking have been shown to be a key determinant of the global financial cycle. Such fluctuations in risk sentiment also correlate with the dynamics of UIP premia, capital flows, and exchange rates. To understand how these risk sentiment[…]

May 2022: BIS Papers – Gaining momentum – Results of the 2021 BIS survey on central bank digital currencies

By Anneke Kosse and Ilaria Mattei Most central banks are exploring central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), and more than a quarter of them are now developing or running concrete pilots. This BIS paper updates earlier surveys that asked central banks about their engagement in this area. The latest responses from 81 central banks show that[…]