About the IFC
The Irving Fisher Committee on Central Bank Statistics (IFC) is a forum of central bank economists and statisticians, as well as others who want to participate in discussing statistical issues of interest to central banks. The IFC is established and governed by the international central banking community and operates under the auspices of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS). It is associated with the International Statistical Institute (ISI) and is a member of the International Association for Official Statistics (IAOS).
Alberto Naudon, Board Member of the Central Bank of Chile, is the Chair of the Irving Fisher Committee on Central Bank Statistics (IFC). His biography is available here.
Recent activities and publications
| December 2024 |
IFC Working Paper no 24 on Harnessing the power of Input-Output analysis for sustainability |
| November 2024 | IFC Working Paper no 23 on Machine learning for anomaly detection in money services business outlets using data by geolocation |
| October 2024 |
IFC Report 16 on Empowering carbon accounting: from data to action |
| August 2024 |
IFC Bulletin no 62 on External statistics in a fragmented and uncertain world |
| July 2024 |
IFC Bulletin no 61 on Granular data: new horizons and challenges |
| May 2024 |
IFC Guidance Note 5 on Development and maintenance of a security-by-security database |
| April 2024 |
IFC Bulletin no 60 on Communication on central bank statistics |
| January 2024 |
The BIS All Governors' meeting approved the publication of the 2023 IFC Annual Report. |