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Basel Committee at 50: From crisis to confidence
The crucial role of implementing Basel standards
| By Udaibir Das and Wayne Byres
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German court litigants prepare fresh skirmishes
Debate on Italy’s foreign assets as Bundesbank Target-2 balance passes €1tn
German politics confronts search for Merkel successor
Scholz chancellorship gamble: an uphill struggle
Protecting the economy beyond Covid-19
Central banks must help financial system absorb, not amplify, virus shock
Arbitrage and reflation in the gold market
Price surge partly reflects US gold imports as investors cover positions
What’s on the sovereign investor’s mind?
GPI 2020 launch highlights changes in risk appetite, recognition of good initial policy responses to crisis
How Covid-19 changes global investment landscape
Potential higher inflation, supply chain rethinking and Asian resilience
Next US Treasury report should not designate Swiss franc
More Swiss intervention data needed to boost transparency
Trump the polariser intensifies questions on Biden
Foreign crisis may rescue president seeking global withdrawal
Too early to write off president who never learnt the rules
World catches up with Trump’s insouciance on debt
Change in economic fortunes undercuts Trump’s strategy
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