Banking

the anatomy of inflation – Bank Underground

Marcus Buckmann, Galina Potjagailo and Shobhit Rawat What can artificial intelligence reveal about firms’ pricing decisions from text-based business intelligence? We use a large...

what MPC transcripts can tell us about policy thinking – Bank Underground

Dragos Gorduza, Livia Silva Paranhos and Ivan Yotzov Monetary policy decisions reflect incoming data, forecasts, and policymaker preferences. In this post, we use large...

Tracking property completions in near real time with CHAPS purpose codes – Bank Underground

Simran Mehta and Valentina Macchiati UK property transactions can be identified and observed directly within minutes of payment settlement using CHAPS, the UK’s high-value...

When the financial system becomes searchable – Bank Underground

Andreas Viljoen Financial crises rarely begin with one self-contained weakness. They emerge when vulnerabilities connect: leverage meets a margin call; a margin call meets...

how Basel output floor could tilt bank lending – Bank Underground

Marzio Bassanin The 2017 finalisation package of the Basel III reforms to bank capital regulation aims to make capital requirements more robust and consistent...

A new framework for monitoring risks in the UK housing market – Bank Underground

Tihana Škrinjarić In my recent paper, I present a new model that helps assess risks in the UK housing market. Unlike traditional approaches that...