About the Journal

Background

In July 2004, the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), the European Central Bank, and each of the Group of Ten* (G-10) central banks announced their plans to support the development of a new publication focused on central bank theory and practice. Other central banks were invited to participate in this joint project, and there are now 54 sponsoring institutions.

From its initiation, the sponsors were committed to ensuring that the International Journal of Central Banking (IJCB) offer peer-reviewed articles of high analytical quality for a professional audience. The primary objectives of the IJCB are to widely disseminate the best policy-relevant and applied research on central banking and to promote communication among researchers both inside and outside of central banks.

Roger W. Ferguson, Jr., then Vice Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, first proposed the idea of such a journal and discussed the concept with several BIS colleagues and with Ben S. Bernanke, then Chair of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, who agreed to serve as the initial managing editor. Charles Bean, then Chief Economist of the Bank of England, strongly supported the project, and the journal's governing body, comprising representatives from the sponsoring institutions, was established.

The journal's managing editor, co-editors and associate editors coordinate solicitation and review of articles across a range of disciplines reflecting the missions of central banks around the world. While featuring policy-relevant articles on any aspect of the theory and practice of central banking, the publication has a special emphasis on research bearing on monetary and financial stability.

Managing editors of the journal and their affiliations during their terms as managing editor:

Antoine Martin
2025 - present, Swiss National Bank

Christopher J. Waller
2022 - 2025, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

Luc Laeven
2020 - 2022, European Central Bank

Loretta J. Mester
2016 - 2019, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland

John C. Williams
2011 - 2016, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

Frank Smets
2008 - 2010, European Central Bank

John B. Taylor
2005 - 2007, Stanford University

Ben S. Bernanke
2005, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

Sponsoring institutions

Editorial board

Managing Editor

Antoine Martin
Swiss National Bank

Co-editors

Ana Babus
Washington University in St. Louis

Diana Bonfim
Bank of Portugal

Huberto Ennis
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond

Carlos Garriga
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

Òscar Jordà
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

Robin L. Lumsdaine
Kogod School of Business, American University

Fernanda Nechio
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

Steven Ongena
University of Zurich

Enrico Sette
European Central Bank

Advisory board

Franklin Allen
The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania

Hyun Song Shin
Bank for International Settlements

John Taylor
Stanford University

Kazuo Ueda
University of Tokyo

Carl E. Walsh
University of California

Michael Woodford
Columbia University

Associate editors

James Cloyne
University of California, Davis

Emilia Garcia-Appendini
University of St. Gallen

Sarah Holton
European Central Bank

Klodiana Istrefi
Banque de France

Sergio Mayordomo
Banco de España

Emmanuel Moench
Frankfurt School of Finance

Galip Kemal Ozhan
International Monetary Fund

Paolo Pesenti
Federal Reserve Bank New York

Federico Ravenna
University of Turin

Andreas Schrimpf
Bank for International Settlements

Zeynep Senyuz
Federal Reserve Board

Nora Traum
HEC Montréal

Kenichi Ueda
University of Tokyo

Contact

International Journal of Central Banking
Swiss National Bank
P.O. Box, 3003 Bern
Switzerland
editor@ijcb.org