Saleem Bahaj and Ricardo Reis Only a handful of currencies are regularly used for cross-border payments: the euro, the yen, the pound, the yuan and, of course, the US dollar, which dominates almost any measure of international use. But how does a currency achieve an international status in the first place? And which government policies […]
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[New post] First-time buyers: how do they finance their purchases and what’s changed?
Wednesday, September 16, 2020
BankUnderground posted: " John Lewis and Fergus Cumming The changing nature of first-time buyers Average first-time buyer (FTB) house prices have risen by 60% over the past 15 years and
[New post] Informed trading in government bond markets
Tuesday, September 15, 2020
BankUnderground posted: " Robert Czech, Shiyang Huang, Dong Lou and Tianyu Wang Government bond yields serve as a benchmark for virtually all other rates in financial markets. But what factors
[New post] Supervisory governance, capture and non-performing loans
Friday, September 11, 2020
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[New post] Launch of the new Bank of England Agenda for Research
Friday, September 4, 2020
BankUnderground posted: " Today the Bank launched the new 'Bank of England Agenda for Research' setting out the key areas for new research over the coming years and a set of priority
[New post] Covid-19 briefing: tracking economic variables in real time
Friday, September 4, 2020
BankUnderground posted: " Joel Mundy During the current pandemic, economic variables have moved quickly and by large magnitudes. Given the publication lags for official data this has led to a
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