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International finance through the lens of BIS statistics: bank exposures and country risk

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  • Bryan Hardy
  • Patrick McGuire
  • Goetz von Peter

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The BIS consolidated banking statistics (CBS) are one of the few data sets to provide banks' consolidated exposures to individual countries. The consolidated perspective shifts the focus from where banking activity takes place to who drives this activity and bears the risks. Originating after the Latin American debt crisis of the 1980s, the CBS provide the most comprehensive measures of banks' consolidated exposures to countries and sectors. They have helped policymakers, market participants and researchers understand bank exposures, country risk, and how financial stresses spill over from one country to another.

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  • Bryan Hardy & Patrick McGuire & Goetz von Peter, 2024. "International finance through the lens of BIS statistics: bank exposures and country risk," BIS Quarterly Review, Bank for International Settlements, September.
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    JEL classification:

    • F23 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - Multinational Firms; International Business
    • F31 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - Foreign Exchange
    • F36 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - Financial Aspects of Economic Integration
    • G15 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - International Financial Markets

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