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The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) is an international financial institution which is owned by member central banks. [2] Its primary goal is to foster international monetary and financial cooperation while serving as a bank for central banks. [3] With its establishment in 1930 it is the oldest international financial institution.
McKittrick denied allegations that the bank was being used to escape the foreign funds controls put in place by the US Government against the Axis powers. [6] During World War II BIS received gold as interest payments from the German Reichstag which later investigations showed had been looted from the central banks of Belgium and the ...
Suomen Pankki / Finlands Bank: 1812 France: Euro: European Central Bank (Bank of France) Banque de France: 1800 Gabon: Central African CFA franc: Bank of Central African States: Banque des États de l'Afrique Centrale: 1972 The Gambia: Gambian dalasi: Central Bank of The Gambia: 1971 Germany: Euro: European Central Bank (Deutsche Bundesbank ...
Joachim Nagel (born 31 May 1966) is a German economist who has been serving as President of the Bundesbank since 2022. [2] Before he was a senior manager of the Bank for International Settlements since 2020, having been a member of the board of the Deutsche Bundesbank from 2010 to 2016 and then a member of the board of the KfW Bankengruppe from 2017 to 2020.
The BIS-Tower, more commonly known as the BIS-high rise, is a 69.5-meter-high administrative tower and headquarters of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) in Basel, Switzerland. Designed by architect Martin Burckhardt and built between 1972 and 1977, the tower is a landmark of the Central Railway Station and the city of Basel. From the ...
Jens Weidmann (born 20 April 1968) is a German economist who served as president of the Deutsche Bundesbank between 2011 and 2021. He also served as chairman of the Board of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS).
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The BIS' report also unpicked August's steep falls in supersized U.S. tech and world stocks and the dramatic moves when the Bank of Japan's move towards higher interest rates saw a sudden ...