December 2024: ECB Banking Supervision’s priorities 2025-27

by the European Central Bank The supervisory priorities for 2025-27 reflect ECB Banking Supervision’s medium-term strategy for the next three years. They are set by the Supervisory Board of the ECB, reviewed annually, and are based on a comprehensive assessment of the main risks and vulnerabilities for supervised entities. They also take account of the[…]

December 2024: How foreign central banks can affect liquidity in the Government of Canada bond market

Bank of Canada Staff Analytical Note 2024-26by Patrick Aldridge, Jabir Sandhu and Sofia Tchamova “We examine the trading behaviour of foreign central banks and its potential impact on liquidity in the Government of Canada (GoC) bond market. Our analysis builds on recent projects from staff at the Bank of Canada aimed at better understanding how[…]

December 2024: BIS Quarterly Review – International banking and financial market developments

Bank for International Settlements – Monetary and Economic Department The BIS Quarterly Review includes analysis on recent developments in financial markets, inflation targeting, monetary policy transmission to housing markets, large language models and the architecture of international banking. Link: BIS Quarterly Review (December 2024)

December 2024: Breaking banks’ information monopoly: The case for deposit data sharing

VoxEU Columnby Jin Cao, Emilia Garcia-Appendini, Cédric Huylebroek Incumbent banks often maintain an informational monopoly over their borrowers, making it difficult to switch to competing lenders or negotiate better terms. This column argues that deposit relationships could be a solution, thereby contributing to more competitive lending markets. It shows that firms with deposit relationships at[…]

November 2024: A first look at bank loans to real estate funds

Part of the ECB’s Macroprudential Bulletin 25by Marcus Bierich, Pierce Daly, Aoife Horan, Ellen Ryan and Manuela Storz This special focus provides an initial granular analysis of bank lending to real estate investment funds (REIFs) in the euro area, while also considering the resulting potential financial stability implications. Link: A first look at banks loans[…]

October 2024: Who holds sovereign debt and why it matters

VoxEU Column by Xiang Fang, Bryan Hardy & Karen K. Lewis Globally, government debt has increased substantially since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic and geopolitical tensions. This columns asks who the investors that hold government debt are, and whether the ownership composition matters. Overall, as debt increases, non-bank investors, in particular investment funds, take[…]

October 2024: The decline in the US international investment position

The FRED Blog Entryby Ana Maria Santacreu and Ashley Stewart. Net international investment position (NIIP) captures the difference between two large numbers: the value of US-owned assets abroad (foreign assets) and the value of foreign-owned assets in the US (foreign liabilities). The NIPP determines whether a country is a net creditor (positive position) or a[…]