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With regard to mortgage lending for owner-occupied residential property, the proportion of new loans with high loan-to-value ratios has decreased slightly. Where affordability risks are concerned, however, no such development can be identified. Moreover, domestically focused banks remain the driving force behind the strong domestic mortgage growth. While a few individual banks have reined in their lending considerably compared to last year, others have maintained a high level of lending growth, or have even stepped up lending. Finally, interest rate risk exposure is extremely high by historical standards, whereas average interest rate margins have narrowed further over the same period. On a positive note, domestically focused banks’ capitalisation as measured by regulatory requirements remains at historically high levels. However, as discussed in this year’s Financial Stability Report, these regulatory capital ratios could be overstating the banks’ resilience, because the major risks prevailing in the mortgage and real estate markets or the interest rate risk exposure are not, or only partly, taken into account. Against this backdrop, banks should – irrespective of the regulatory requirements – continuously assess their resilience, and make adjustments where necessary. They should be able to maintain their economically important functions, even if real estate prices were to fall sharply and interest rates were to simultaneously rise. Over the last few years, a number of measures have been taken to reduce the risks to financial stability arising out of developments in the mortgage and real estate markets.

Such measures would also boost confidence in the modelbased approach. Second, it must be ensured that, if necessary, there can be an orderly resolution of a big bank in the event of a crisis. From the Swiss perspective, the emergency plans on maintaining systemically important functions are particularly important in this regard. The emergency plans must be credible and workable in a crisis. For this reason, the big banks should continue to push forward consistently with their emergency plans. Moreover, global  BIS central bankers’ speeches  1  resolution plans must ensure that the non-systemically important units of a big bank can be resolved in an orderly fashion. Adjustments to the group structure, as recently announced by both big banks, represent a first step in this process. An additional tool which can facilitate global resolution is based on the bail-in concept, which is the subject of widespread discussion at international level. With a bail-in, debt can be converted to equity capital, which would enable the big banks to carry additional losses in the event of a crisis. However, the effectiveness of a bail-in essentially depends on whether appropriate debt is available in sufficient quantities, and whether its characteristics are such as to ensure a smooth conversion into equity capital in the event of a crisis. In this regard, the authorities will have to examine the extent to which it is necessary to expand the existing TBTF regulations to take account of Swiss specificities.
Figure 6 Employment by occupational category  Wages (*)  (annual change, percent)  9  15 8  Self employment (right axis)  6  10  3  5  0  0  -3 -6 12  13  14  15  16  17  7  8  Nominal  7  6  6  5  5  4  4  3  3  Real  2  2  1  1  -10 0  0  -5  Salaried  11  (annual change, percent)  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  (*) Corresponds to the average annual change of wage and cost indices, for both nominal and real wages.

As a working assumption we assume that the MPR will follow a trajectory similar to the one implied by financial asset prices during the ten days prior to this statistical closing of this Report. Thus, we assure that monetary policy will have responded swiftly to the changes in economic conditions and will remain expansionary through the whole projection horizon (figure 12). As always, the conduct of monetary policy and any possible adjustments to the MPR will be contingent on the effects of incoming information on the projected inflation dynamic. On the external front, there are some sources of uncertainty that may have significant effects but by their nature are very hard to quantify. For example, political and economic uncertainty surrounding European elections, worries about Brexit implementation and possible shifts towards protectionism in several developed economies. Other risks that have long lingered in the external scenario have varied in intensity. The US economy has evolved favorably, averting the risk of a new recession. The much awaited fiscal impulse could help to sustain somewhat higher growth in the years to come. However, it is also a source of risk, as its implementation may have problems or inflationary effects that might trigger a faster withdrawal of the monetary impulse, creating disruptions in financial markets. China continues to be a source of concern, especially its leverage, although its authorities have successfully weathered its gradual slowdown without causing disruptions, and this has been welcomed by markets.
Institutions that are able to embrace new technological developments and offer customers additional services will benefit from this new integrated market. In a competitive and integrated economy, a forward-looking view is required so that retail payments have a level of safety and efficiency that is comparable with the best national systems in place today. Undoubtedly, this approach will considerably influence the balance of power on the European market of payment services, as well as on our local market. The proposed mechanisms will favour consolidation processes in the sector of payment infrastructure providers, and possibly also in the banking sector itself. SEPA stands for (S)Speed, (E)Efficiency, (P)Positiveness and (A)Automatisation. It is important that the SEPA project is not viewed just as a “one-shot operation”, but rather as a continually evolving project that fosters European integration, seeking to improve all aspects of the euro area retail payments market on an ongoing basis. The SEPA will also make a notable contribution to the socalled Lisbon Agenda, which aims at fostering competitiveness and ensuring the continuous development of the European economy. The National Bank of Poland, as a forward-looking and acting institution, which supports development of the Polish banking sector, has been participating, for two years now, in the TARGET system, and is now proceeding with intensive preparation for the transition  BIS Review 29/2007  1  to the new platform – TARGET2.

West Bengal has been ruled by the Indian communists for almost 30 years. The Chief Minister wanted to promote foreign investments into West Bengal. His aim was to capture 25 percent of India's IT outsourcing market by 2010. He said that the Indian communists had drawn lessons from the collapse of the former Soviet Union and China's economic reforms. The choice was stark and simple: either perform or perish. 25. The recent bomb attacks in New Delhi have not affected India's growth trajectory. The Indian Government has responded swiftly and with determination. I have full confidence that it will be on top of the security situation. As India grows, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) expects that by 2010, India's exports will more than double, while imports will nearly triple. The consumer market could then be worth $ billion, making it one of the top five globally. To sustain an annual growth rate of 8 percent would require a huge injection of investments, both foreign and domestic, over the next decade. It is this immense demand for infrastructure, education, healthcare and consumer goods that will continue to draw foreign investors and businesses to India. A reinvigorated ASEAN 26. Let me now move on to ASEAN. 27. Prospects for Southeast Asia have brightened considerably. Regional economies have remained stable, despite the recent Bali bombings. 28. With China and India becoming big players in the international market, Southeast Asia has no choice but to respond strategically.
Looking at payroll employment, however, the pattern of recovery is a bit more positive, though mixed across the region. New York State and New York City saw faster job growth than the nation since our last briefing. Job creation in the city has been particularly robust and employment in the city is now above its pre-recession peak. In New Jersey, however, employment stands only slightly above where it was at our last briefing and still is well below its previous peak. In Puerto Rico, employment continues to fluctuate near its lows, with no sign of a pickup. Job polarization Our special topic today is the issue of job polarization. As I have visited different parts of the district – most recently trips to Long Island, Syracuse and Buffalo – employers have told me that they are beginning to add jobs, particularly in high-tech fields. These jobs can best be characterized as high skilled and technologically advanced. I have heard similar stories from our small business advisory council, our upstate advisory council and even our community banks. These anecdotes are reflected in our research on labor market dynamics. Over the past three decades, job opportunities have become increasingly concentrated in high wage/high skill occupations and low wage/low skill occupations, while job opportunities for those in the middle have been shrinking. At the same time, there has been a growing gap in wages between jobs that pay the most and those that pay the least. Taken together, this phenomenon is often referred to as job polarization.

The root causes of job polarization appear to be technology and globalization, which have displaced many jobs, particularly those involving routine tasks. This loss of jobs has been especially pronounced for what we often think of as traditional middle-skilled workers. Its impact is perhaps most evident in the manufacturing sector, where so many jobs have been lost in recent decades. Given the strong history of manufacturing in our region, job polarization has been an important feature in our local economy. No doubt, the widening wage gap and loss of job opportunities for middle-skilled workers has contributed to a rise in economic inequality and created challenges for many workers and their families. More than ever before, jobs are requiring a greater degree of knowledge and skill. In order to adapt to these changes, it is increasingly important for workers to acquire and upgrade their skills, whether through formal education or other forms of training. In addition, it is important for employers to communicate their needs to educational institutions  BIS central bankers’ speeches  3  so that they can offer the coursework and programs so that people can develop the right skills to fill the available jobs. For these reasons, we think it is particularly important to highlight these trends in today’s briefing. Conclusion In summary, recent data are consistent with the expectation of moderate growth in 2012 and stronger, but still not robust, growth in 2013. I also expect both headline and core inflation rates should moderate over the next few months.
The magnitude of the loss in activity is comparable to what we saw in the early 1980s, although over a much shorter time span. But that was not all. At the beginning of the Covid-19 crisis, our economy was just trying to recover from the shock of the social crisis that broke out in October 2019. Many companies had been forced to close their doors for much of the fourth quarter because of violence, blockades or the disruption of logistics chains and about 70,000 workers had lost their jobs. Moreover, the social crisis significantly increased uncertainty, which worsened our country’s risk, weakened our currency, depreciated various assets and called into question investment, development, and employment decisions in many sectors of the economy. Page 6 of 19  These two unprecedented shocks combined, both originating in non-economic factors, called for an equally unprecedented policy response. On the fiscal side, the projected deficit for 2020 went from 2% of GDP when the respective budget bill was proposed, to somewhat more than 8% of GDP in the updated execution. These resources have financed transfers to nearly 8 million persons and provided guarantees for 270,000 credits to small and medium-sized enterprises. In the legislative sphere, a tax reform was approved; important adjustments were made to unemployment insurance and regulations for the issuance of bonds; the Constitution was reformed to allow the CBC to purchase bonds from the Treasury in the secondary market, and two withdrawals of pension savings by affiliates were approved.

For those of you who have not been home for a while, cleanskin wine is quality wine that is sold more cheaply because it is unlabeled. So, you are getting something good but you don’t know why because you don’t know what it is. Half an hour ago, the Thai economy this year to many of you was like cleanskin wine. You know the economy is doing better but you don’t know why. BIS Review 50/2004  3  In this brief space of time, I hope I have given you an adequate account of how we at the Bank of Thailand see the Thai economy evolving this year, and hopefully have helped improve your understandings of the economy. As with the cleanskin wine, I will definitely go back for more. I only hope you will do the same by continuing to have confidence in the Thai economy and remain a trusted friend and a dependable partner of Thailand for many many years to come. Thank you. 4  BIS Review 50/2004
Third, the boom was fueled by new financial products, such as collateralized debt obligations that were backed by subprime and Alt-A mortgages. Investors misunderstood how risky these products were and this resulted in lower mortgage rates for non-conforming residential mortgages and lower funding costs for commercial real estate borrowing. In the housing sector, these factors interacted to create a strong reinforcing dynamic. The relaxation of underwriting standards that made it easier to become a homeowner and the low mortgage rates – supported in part by the new financial products – made it easier to speculate in real estate. Moreover, as home prices rose, household net worth increased, making households more willing to consume a greater share of their current income. Not surprisingly, this bout of speculative fever ended badly. Eventually, the supply of houses caught up with and then vastly overshot demand. Easing underwriting standards to support demand could only go on for so long. Prices turned down. At the national level, home prices peaked in late 2005 to early 2006 with commercial real estate prices peaking about one year later (Chart 8). From those peaks, home prices have fallen by about 30 percent on average, with much larger declines in some areas, while commercial real estate prices have fallen by about 40 percent on average. As price declines intensified, the number of serious mortgage delinquencies surged and, in fact, continue to rise (Chart 9).

But recent data on the housing sector indicates that the recovery has stalled (Chart 20). As with consumption, we are unlikely to see the typical surge of housing starts and residential investment that was a key feature of most past recoveries. There is already an unusually large volume of vacant homes for rent and for sale (Chart 21). More are likely to come onto the market in the months ahead due to the large volume of mortgage loans currently in the foreclosure process. For the government sector, large federal budget deficits are a constraint and fiscal policy is slowly shifting from an expansive policy back toward restraint. At the state and local level, the constraints are even more binding, as budgetary gaps will need to be addressed by spending cuts and tax increases (Chart 22). Exports rebounded sharply over the second half of 2009, particularly to the emerging world (Chart 23). However, domestic demand in Europe and Japan – important export markets for the United States – remains very weak. This suggests that the U.S. trade balance is likely to change little over the next year or two, and, thus, will be relatively neutral in terms of its impact on growth. Only business fixed investment is in a position to be a true locomotive of growth. Profits have stayed high relative to investment, and corporate balance sheets are awash with cash (Charts 24 and 25). However, even here, the growth impulse is likely to be weak.
Key rates have been raised in a number of countries, and market participants expect further interest rate increases. Key rates remain low among many of our trading partners. Market participants expect a gradual increase in key rates in the period ahead, both in Sweden and the euro area. In the US, the key rate is expected to increase by a further 50 basis points before peaking. In the UK, the key rate is expected to remain virtually unchanged in the period ahead. Long-term interest rates are also low in most other countries. Oil prices have risen markedly over the last couple of years. Growth in global oil demand is expected to approach 2 per cent in 2006. This is in line with expected growth in supply from non-OPEC countries. On the whole, this supports the view that the price of oil will remain high. Futures prices indicate that the price of oil may remain above USD 60 per barrel for the next few years. High growth in the global economy also contributed to a further rise in prices for other commodities. This increase has continued in 2006. In spite of a slight decline recently, metal prices have increased substantially in recent months. There has also been a pronounced increase in futures prices, indicating expectations of a sustained upward movement in metal prices similar to that of oil prices. High commodity prices have contributed to somewhat higher head-line inflation, but so far underlying inflation has not risen.

Much of the available capacity has now been put to use. We now estimate that capacity utilisation was approximately ½ per cent above normal at end-2005. Despite strong economic growth, inflation is still low. As the recovery became more broadly based, inflation gradually began to edge higher. In the second half of 2005, the 12-month rise in consumer prices adjusted for tax changes and excluding energy products (CPI-ATE) varied between 1 and 1½ per cent, before surprising on the downside in December and January. In February, inflation edged up again. Monthly variations in the CPI-ATE have been fairly pronounced recently. There is little prospect that inflation will increase substantially in the near term. If we adjust for the effect of reduced maximum day-care rates, the year-on-year rise in the CPI-ATE is projected to be 1¼ per cent in the second quarter of 2006. Inflation will be dampened by continued low external price impulses and the appreciation of the krone through 2004 and 2005. After a period, the unwinding of the sharp rise in petrol prices through 2005 will probably lead to some decline in the year-on-year rise in the CPI. Growth among our trading partners is still solid, and appears on the whole to be somewhat stronger than assumed a few months ago. High commodity prices have contributed to somewhat higher  BIS Review 22/2006  3  inflation, but so far underlying inflation has not been pushed up.
As for the “money” created by QE – reserve deposits held by commercial banks at the central bank – there’s a very important difference between this and the “money” in simple textbook accounts of inflation: those reserves pay interest. If QE had been financed by the zero-interest money of the textbook, and if inflation subsequently went up, the real value of the public sector’s liabilities would decline, even if nominal interest rates and bond yields had risen in anticipation. Some portion of the public sector’s interest-bearing liabilities would’ve been replaced with a “money” that bears none. When reserves pay interest  Chart 1: Rapid inflations are often fiscal events  that’s no longer the case. This is why it’s not strictly correct to say that QE “monetises” the government’s debt. The policy is more accurately seen as a maturity swap, in which one (longerterm) interest-bearing liability of the state is replaced with another, shorter-term version of the same. As we’ll see, the shortening of their average  From “This Time Is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly” by Carmen M. Reinhart and  maturity reduces the scope  Kenneth S. Rogoff. Copyright © 2009 by Princeton University Press. Reprinted by permission  for inflation to reduce the real  of the publisher. value of the public sector’s liabilities. Whatever the fiscal consequences of higher inflation today, and whatever they were in the past, it’s clear there are many examples in economic history of unsustainable fiscal positions leading to a wholesale loss of monetary control.

The red line simulates an increase in inflation from 2% to 5%, three times the rise in the blue line. The peak effect on the debt:GDP ratio is 12%, quite a bit less than three times the effect of a 1%-point rise. 13  Using the same terminology but allowing for a surprise and persistent increase in inflation, from π to π + Δπ, the rate of change of the debt:GDP ratio becomes ܾሶ ൌ ݀ െ ሺ݃ െ ‫ݎ‬ሻܾ െ ߂ߨܾ଴ ݁ ିሺఈା௚ାగା௱గሻ௧ . The last term is the impact of the surprise inflation. That impact decays with the ratio of old debt to nominal GDP (so at a rate α plus nominal growth). We assume that the debt ratio was stable to begin with. This requires g>r and d = (g-r)b0, implying ܾሶ ൌ ሺ݃ െ ‫ݎ‬ሻሺܾ଴ െ ܾሻ െ ߂ߨܾ଴ ݁ ିሺఈା௚ାగା௱గሻ௧ . If some fraction µ of the starting level of debt b0 is owned by a QE fund, and backed by interest-paying reserves, the last term is just multiplied by (1-µ). For the graphs we use g=1.5%, r =-1%, π=2% and α=6% (implying it takes 12 years for half the existing stock of debt to mature). The simulations allowing for QE use µ = 0.4. The blue and red lines use Δπ = 1% and 3% points respectively. 13  All speeches are available online at www.bankofengland.co.uk/news/speeches and @BoE_PressOffice  13  That’s not to say inflation can’t or hasn’t in the past had material effects on government debt.