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Cambridge Forecast Group Blog (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
BIS Review Bank for International Settlements BIS Review No 120 available Press, Service (Press.Service@bis.org) Publications, Service (Publications@bis.org) bisrev120…pdf (185.4 KB) Mon 10/06/08 Please find BIS Review No 120 attached as an Adobe Acrobat (PDF) file. Alternatively, you can access this BIS Review on the Bank for International Settlements’ website by [...]
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Seeking Alpha (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
Christopher Holt submits: The Bank for International Settlements in Basel, Switzerland was probably abuzz last week watching history unfold before its eyes. After all, one of the lynch pins of the organization’s Basel II Accord was the requirement for banks to mark-to-market all assets - including less liquid ones. And it appears that doing so in a leveraged environment has put several banks into...
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Cambridge Forecast Group Blog (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
BIS Review Bank for International Settlements BIS Review No 118 available Press, Service (Press.Service@bis.org) Publications, Service (Publications@bis.org) Thu 10/02/08 Please find BIS Review No 118 attached as an Adobe Acrobat (PDF) file. Alternatively, you can access this BIS Review on the Bank for International Settlements’ website by clicking on http://www.bis.org/review/index.htm. What’s [...]...
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Cambridge Forecast Group Blog (Free subscription) | 01/10/2008
BIS Review BIS Review No 117 available Bank for International Settlements Press, Service (Press.Service@bis.org) Publications, Service (Publications@bis.org) bisrev117…pdf (71.8 KB) Wed 10/01/08 Please find BIS Review No 117 attached as an Adobe Acrobat (PDF) file. Alternatively, you can access this BIS Review on the Bank for International Settlements’ website by clicking [...]
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Cambridge Forecast Group Blog (Free subscription) | 30/09/2008
BIS Review Bank for International Settlements BIS Review No 116 available Press, Service (Press.Service@bis.org) Publications, Service (Publications@bis.org) bisrev116…pdf (124.4 KB) Tue 9/30/08 Please find BIS Review No 116 attached as an Adobe Acrobat (PDF) file. Alternatively, you can access this BIS Review on the Bank for International Settlements’ website by [...]
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Marginal Revolution (Free subscription) | 25/09/2008
The Bank for International Settlements reports that interest rate swaps are the largest component of the global OTC derivative market. The notional amount outstanding as of December 2006 in OTC interest rate swaps was $229.8 trillion, up $60.7 trillion (35.9%)...
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Cambridge Forecast Group Blog (Free subscription) | 24/09/2008
BIS Review Bank for International Settlements BIS Review No 114 available Press, Service (Press.Service@bis.org) Publications, Service (Publications@bis.org) Wed 9/24/08 Please find BIS Review No 114 attached as an Adobe Acrobat (PDF) file. Alternatively, you can access this BIS Review on the Bank for International Settlements’ website by clicking on http://www.bis.org/review/index.htm. What’s [...]...
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Cambridge Forecast Group Blog (Free subscription) | 24/09/2008
Financial Stability Forum Bank for International Settlements Basel Switzerland FSF Secretariat in Basel Switzerland Secretariat to the Financial Stability Forum Bank for International Settlements Centralbahnplatz 2 CH-4002 Basel Switzerland Tel. +41 61 280 8298 Fax. +41 61 280 9100 e-mail: fsforum@bis.org. The Financial Stability Forum (FSF) brings together senior representatives of national financial...
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Cambridge Forecast Group Blog (Free subscription) | 23/09/2008
BIS Review Bank for International Settlements BIS Review No 113 available Press, Service (Press.Service@bis.org) Publications, Service (Publications@bis.org) Tue 9/23/08 Please find BIS Review No 113 attached as an Adobe Acrobat (PDF) file. Alternatively, you can access this BIS Review on the Bank for International Settlements’ website by clicking on http://www.bis.org/review/index.htm. What’s [...]...
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The Bellows (Free subscription) | 21/09/2008
Flailing, McCain is attempting to pin the housing crisis, and by extension the financial crisis, on the GSEs, to which many Democrats have ties. Is there any there there? Econbrowser’s Menzie Chinn directs us to a new working paper from the Bank for International Settlements: Two developments seem to have spurred the easing in US standards. First, [...]
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Counterfire blogg (Free subscription) | 21/09/2008
OK, now that the panic has subsided, let’s see what all this derivative information means. Let’s assemble the facts, and see what picture emerges. 1.”The Bank for International Settlements (BIS), the organisation that fosters cooperation between central banks, has warned that the credit crisis could lead world economies into a crash on a scale not seen [...]
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Monkeyfister (Free subscription) | 20/09/2008
Now, we can understand the breakneck haste of this Mother Of All Bailouts. Much of that $681 Trillion is ready to crash. via Seeking Alpha The Bank for International Settlements [BIS] is reporting Derivatives traded on exchanges surged 27 percent to a record $681 trillion in the third quarter. The amounts are based on the notional amount underlying the contracts. Interest-rate futures, contracts designed...
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Cambridge Forecast Group Blog (Free subscription) | 19/09/2008
BIS Review Bank for International Settlements BIS Review No 111 available Press, Service (Press.Service@bis.org) Publications, Service (Publications@bis.org) Fri 9/19/08 Please find BIS Review No 111 attached as an Adobe Acrobat (PDF) file. Alternatively, you can access this BIS Review on the Bank for International Settlements’ website by clicking on http://www.bis.org/review/index.htm. What’s [...]...
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Cambridge Forecast Group Blog (Free subscription) | 17/09/2008
BIS Review Bank for International Settlements BIS Review No 110 available Press, Service (Press.Service@bis.org) Publications, Service (Publications@bis.org) Wed 9/17/08 Please find BIS Review No 110 attached as an Adobe Acrobat (PDF) file. Alternatively, you can access this BIS Review on the Bank for International Settlements’ website by clicking on http://www.bis.org/review/index.htm. What’s [...]...
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Cambridge Forecast Group Blog (Free subscription) | 16/09/2008
BIS Review Bank for International Settlements BIS Review No 109 available Press, Service (Press.Service@bis.org) Publications, Service (Publications@bis.org) Tue 9/16/08 Please find BIS Review No 109 attached as an Adobe Acrobat (PDF) file. Alternatively, you can access this BIS Review on the Bank for International Settlements’ website by clicking on [...]
