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Investing in banking supervision

· Agustín Carstens, General Manager of the Bank for International Settlements (International)

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· Agustín Carstens Wiki · Bank for International Settlements WikiInvesting in banking supervision

ContextSpeech to the European Banking Federation; the BIS serves central banks worldwide and calls for stronger bank supervision after the 2023 stress.

Why it mattersCarstens argues that supervision failed to catch the 2023 vulnerabilities.

Problems raised
  1. Banking stress hit Europe and the US.
  2. Central banks had to step in with liquidity.
  3. Supervision failed to catch vulnerabilities.
Solutions proposed
  1. Invest more in effective supervision.
  2. Use technology to make supervision more productive.
  3. Ensure supervisors can act early and decisively.
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