Claudio Borio
Claudio Borio is one of the world’s most provocative and interesting monetary economists. He is the Head of the Monetary and Economic Department at Bank For International Settlements, the central bank for central banks. Since joining BIS in 1987, he has held various positions in the Monetary and Economic Department, including Deputy Head of MED and Director of Research and Statistics as well as Head of Secretariat for the Committee on the Global Financial System and the Gold and Foreign Exchange Committee. Previously, he was an Economist at the OECD, working in the country studies branch of the Economics and Statistics Department. Before that, he was a Lecturer and Research Fellow at Brasenose College, Oxford University. He is also the author of numerous publications in the fields of monetary policy, banking, finance and issues related to financial stability. Borio is set to leave the BIS at the end of the year, bringing to an end a career of more than 35 years at the institution.
PUBLICATIONS
Promoting Global Monetary and Financial Stability: The Bank for International Settlements after Bretton Woods, 1973–2020 (2020)
Monetary Alternatives: Rethinking Government Fiat Money (2017)
What Have We Learned??: Macroeconomic Policy after the Crisis (The MIT Press) (2014)
Rediscovering the Macroeconomic Roots of Financial Stability Policy: Journey, Challenges, and a Way Forward (2011)
The Past and Future of Central Bank Cooperation (Studies in Macroeconomic History) (2008)
Market Discipline Across Countries and Industries (MIT Press) (2004)
Monetary Policy and Uncertainty: Adapting to a Changing Economy (2003)
EDUCATION
D.Phil., Economics, University of Oxford
M.Phil., Economics, University of Oxford
B.A., Politics, Philosophy and Economics, University of Oxford
MEDIA & APPEARANCES
Borio has been profiled and featured in numerous financial media outlets and publications.
He has appeared in Bloomberg, Financial Times, Reuters, CNBC, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and more.