Proceedings of the IFC Conference on "Initiatives to address data gaps revealed by the financial crisis", Basel, 25-26 August 2010

IFC Bulletin No 34

Opening remarks
Paul Van den Bergh, BIS, Head of Statistics and Research Support
Manuel Marfán, Chairman of the Irving Fisher Committee on Central Bank Statistics

 
Keynote speech
Claudio Borio, BIS, Director of Research and Statistics
 
   
Session 1: An overview of international and national initiatives to address data gaps revealed by the financial crisis  
Enhancing Information on Financial Stability
Adelheid Burgi-Schmelz, IMF
 
Enhancements to ECB statistics for financial stability analysis
Anna Agresti, Stefano Borgioli and Paolo Poloni, ECB
 
Data gaps in the UK financial sector: some lessons learned from the recent crisis
Gareth Murphy and Robert Westwood, Bank of England
 
   

Session 2: Improving data compilations on/from banks

 
Banking system soundness during the financial crisis
Sally Davies, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
 
Improving the quality and flexibility of data collection from financial institutions
Milan Nejman, Czech National Bank, Otakar Cejnar, ECB and Patrick Slovik, OECD
 
Implementation of IFRS for non-financial companies and its impact on financial stability monitoring at the Central Bank of Chile
Isabel Scheuch and Mariela Iturriaga, Central Bank of Chile
 
A new approach to MFI interest rate statistics in Croatia
Igor Jemric and Ivana Usorac, Croatian National Bank
 
   
Session 3 A: The use of surveys to remedy data gaps  
The use of the quarterly survey of business opinion and expectations to measure sentiment and expected behaviour of key sectors in the economy
Chibelushi M Musongole, Bank of Zambia
 
Capturing the evolution of dealer credit terms related to securities financing and OTC derivatives: some initial results from the new senior credit officer opinion survey on dealer financing terms
Matthew J Eichner and Fabio N Natalucci, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
 
The process of inflation expectations' formation
Ilya Gurov and Anna Loleyt, Bank of Russia
 
Business and consumer expectations surveys as sources of real-time data and advance measures of behavior of key sectors in the financial system and the economy
Teresita Bascos-Deveza, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas
 
   

Session 3 B: The usefulness of micro data

 
Addressing data gaps revealed by the financial crisis: ECB statistics on holdings of securities
Pierre Sola and Francesco Strobbe, ECB
 

Household response to the economic crisis micro-simulation for the Czech Economy

Petr Jakubik, ECB

 
A framework for assessing household indebtedness using microdata
Ramdane Djoudad, Bank of Canada
 
Exploring the statistical potential of micro-databases
Isabel Lavrador, Banco de Portugal
 
   
Session 3 C: Marrying analytical methods and frameworks with data sources  
Probit model of early warning system for predicting financial crisis in India
Thangjam Rajeshwar Singh, Reserve Bank of India
 
Price discovery on traded inflation expectations: does the financial crisis matter?
Alexander Schulz and Jelena Stapf, Deutsche Bundesbank
 
   
Session 4 A: The use of surveys to remedy data gaps  
Business outlook of small, medium and large scale enterprises: implications for monetary policy in Nigeria
Olorunsola E Olowofeso, Sunday N Essien and Sani I Doguwa, Central Bank of Nigeria
 
The use of surveys to measure sentiment and expected behavior of key sectors in the financial system and the economy: Evidence from the business survey conducted by the Central Bank of Lebanon
Sana Souaid Jad, Central Bank of Lebanon
 
Inflation forecasts from the Bank of Italy-Sole 24 Ore survey of expectations of inflation and growth
Raffaele Tartaglia-Polcini, Bank of Italy
 
   

Session 4 B: The usefulness of micro data

 
How can administrative databases help us to understand the funding behaviour of non-financial corporations?
Homero Alexandre Martins Gonçalves, Banco de Portugal
 
Recession-induced mean and distributional effects on business profitability: addressing information gaps using corporate firm-level balance sheet data
Dominik Elgg and Timm Körting, Deutsche Bundesbank
 
Micro-data as a necessary infrastructure - standardisation of reference data on instruments and entities as a starting point: need for a utility
Francis Gross, ECB
 
   

Session 4 C: Marrying analytical methods and frameworks with data sources

 
Applying CoVaR to measure systemic market risk: the Colombian case
Mauricio Arias and Juan Carlos Mendoza, Banco de la República
 
On measures for illustrating credit risk assessments: the case of heat maps, risk matrices and cubes
Jenny Dickson, Sveriges Riksbank
 
Alternative measures of liquidity on the Chilean government fixed income market
Luis A Ahumada and Nicolas Alvarez, Central Bank of Chile
 
   

Session 5 A: The use of surveys to remedy data gaps

 
Denoised least squares forecasting of GDP changes using indexes of consumer and business sentiment
Antonis A Michis, Central Bank of Cyprus
 
The use of surveys to overrun data gaps: Bank Indonesia experience
Ari Nopianti and Hendy Sulistiowaty, Bank Indonesia
 
The SNB's survey on loan quality: a qualitative survey in a quantitative suit?
Hilmar Hoffmann, Swiss National Bank
 
   

Session 5 B: Marrying analytical methods and frameworks with data sources

 
CDS and Government bonds spreads - How informative are they for financial stability analysis?
Irina Mihai and Florian Neagu, National Bank of Romania
 
Market uncertainty and market instability
Patrick Slovik, OECD
 
Measuring carry trade activity
Stephanie E Curcuru, Jasper Hoek and Clara Vega, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
 
The current crisis and macroeconomic statistics: statistical initiatives and challenges at the Central Bank of Nigeria
Muhammad A Bamanga, Central Bank of Nigeria
 
   

Session 5 C: Improving external statistics

 
Improved measurement of cross-border positions, exposures and flows in South Africa using data obtained from banks and formalised exchanges
Johan van den Heever, South African Reserve Bank
 
Trade collapse, data gaps and the impact of the financial crisis on official statistics
Andreas Maurer, Hubert Escaith, Marc Auboin, WTO
 
Toward FATS and beyond: the case of Thailand
Ornicha Tattawasart, Bank of Thailand
 
External debt statistics of the euro area
Jorge Diz Dias, ECB
 
   

Session 6 A: Improving financial account data

 
Toward further improvement of the flow of funds accounts
Sayako Konno, Bank of Japan
 
Financial statistics on corporations - existing gaps and future possibilities
Lizette Appelberg, Kristina Holmberg and Jon Smedsaas, Statistics Sweden
 
Data on the balance sheet positions of the household, financial and non-financial corporations in Slovenia
Nina Bostner, Bank of Slovenia
 
Compilation and analysis of Chinese Taipei household debt statistics
Huei-Jung Fang, Central Bank of the Republic of China (Taiwan)
 
ECB statistics on insurance corporations and pension funds
Ana Claudia Gouveia and Rafael Quevedo, ECB
 
   

Session 6 B: Improving housing statistics

 
Estimation of a semi-parametric hazard model for the Mexican new homes market
Carolina Rodriguez-Zamora, Banco de Mexico
 
Recent trends in the UK first-time buyer mortgage market
Dmitry Kuvshinov, Bank of England
 
The overvalued housing market in the Netherlands: a conspiracy of silence
William L J Xu-Doeve, ANRC Consulting
 
   
Session 6 C: Improving data on debt markets and securitisation  
Developing database on securities holders information: the case of Japan
Satoru Hagino and Yoshiko Sato, Bank of Japan
 
The development of securitisation statistics in Ireland
Clive Jackson, Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland
 
Developing data and information on Israel's credit market
Yair Haim, Bank of Israel
 
   
Closing remarks  
Manuel Marfán, Chairman of the Irving Fisher Committee on Central Bank Statistics  
Paul Van den Bergh, BIS, Head of Statistics and Research Support  
   
Summary of the conference