BIS Review 10/2009  5  There are three main arguments, also confirmed during the present crisis, in favour of combining prudential supervision with central banking, namely (i) information-related synergies between supervision and core central banking functions; (ii) the macroprudential approach argument; and (iii) independence and technical expertise.
First, the experience of the central banks of the Eurosystem highlighted the existence, in practice, of relevant information-related synergies between the central banking and the prudential supervisory function.