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Subnational Government Debt in Mexico
In recent years, the subnational debt landscape in Mexico has undergone significant transformation. With the constant evolution of fiscal policy and a closer focus on debt sustainability, it has become

Published on October 23, 2024
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Deposit Protection
In this presentation we analyze deposit insurance, a system implemented to protect bank depositors from losses in the event of a bank failure. Deposit insurance aims to prevent bank runs

Published on July 31, 2024
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A Benchmark Macroeconomic Model on Excess Deaths, Economic Production’s Losses and Economic Policies During the COVID-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 Pandemic had an enormous toll on lives, with excess mortality surpassing 27 million people. It also caused a large loss in economic production, with an expected global GDP

Published on November 1, 2023
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GDP Losses Around the World, 2020 – 2023
This week’s Bank and Finance presentation reviews the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) losses around the world in the aftermath of the COVID pandemic and escalating geopolitical tensions in the 2020

Published on October 18, 2023
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Real Interest Rates Around the World, 1946 – 2023
In this presentation we compute real interest rates for 38 countries and the Euro area to identify the prevalence of negative real interest rates from January 1946 to August 2023.

Published on October 8, 2023
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México en el contexto global
Bank and Finance, inicia una serie de análisis sobre la situación económica y social de México. Los estudios de esta serie ofrecen una visión panorámica y detallada de diversos aspectos

Published on September 27, 2023
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Financial conditions and monetary policy: the importance of non-linear effects
In this research paper, we show the importance of considering non-linear effects when analyzing macroeconomic and financial linkages. The main reason is that the relative importance of financial conditions over

Published on September 5, 2023
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Innovation Policy
In our continuing series of presentations on "New Sources of Economic Growth," we are thrilled to announce the final topic: "Innovation Policy". With this topic, we conclude the foundational presentations

Published on August 10, 2023
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Economic Complexity
In our continuing series of presentations on "New Sources of Economic Growth," we are thrilled to introduce the theme for the fourth week: "Economic Complexity." Throughout the workshop, we have

Published on August 3, 2023
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Management Strategy and Organization
In our ongoing series of presentations on “New Sources of Economic Growth,” we are excited to present the focus for the third week: “Management Strategy and Organization.” Throughout the workshop,

Published on July 26, 2023
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About Us

Bank & Finance provides solutions to finance ministries, central banks and development banks to design and implement strategies to achieve their missions. We provide advice based on best international practices, but we craft programs to the specific needs of the implementing countries.

Experts

Bank & Finance integrates experts with executive management experience working at finance ministries, central banks, financial regulators, private banks, and development banks from different countries. Advice is based on experience acquired through years working for and with these institutions, having implemented several programs around the world.

We use our multidimensional experience to work closely with our clients to successfully serve their needs.

Areas of expertise to service

Finance Ministries

Tax and non-tax income generation
Public goods provision
Budgeting
Debt management
Asset and liability management
Federal and local government coordination
State and municipal fiscal policy design
Infrastructure rescue programs
Debt restructuring

Central Banks

Monetary policy design
Monetary policy implementation
Financial stability and regulation
Payments, infrastructure and financial markets
Open market operations
Reserve management
Digital currencies
Information technologies and security

Development Banks

Efficiency enhancement of existing development banks
Design and implementation of new development banks
State-level development banks
Infrastructure, firm and consumer credit
Savings services
Insurance services

Services

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We develop customized solutions to our clients based on their specific needs.

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Services for finance ministries include developing strategies to strengthen public finances by increasing revenue, optimizing expenditure, managing debt to reduce its cost and improve its profile, improving asset and liability management, improve federal and local governments’ coordination, the design and implementation of subnational fiscal policies, infrastructure rescue programs, and debt restructuring.

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Services for central banks include the design and implementation of monetary policy for price stability and a correct functioning of the payments system, the design and implementation of financial regulation with a macroprudential focus, improving the functioning of payments and infrastructure of financial markets, efficiently conducting open market operations, managing reserves, designing and implementing digital currencies, and improving information technology and security.

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Services for development banks include enhancing the efficiency of existing institutions, designing and implementing new development banks at the federal and local levels, develop financial services to support infrastructure, firm and consumer credit, and develop savings and insurance services.