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Origin. Founded on 17 May 1930, the Bank for International Settlements fosters international monetary and financial co-operation and serves as a bank for central banks.
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Deane, M. and Pringle, R., The Central Banks. London and New York, 1995
Fleming’s Who’s Who in Central Banking. London, 1997
Goodhart, C. A. E., The Central Bank and the Financial System. London, 1995
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Turner, B. (2004). Bank for International Settlements (BIS). In: Turner, B. (eds) The Statesman’s Yearbook 2005. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230271333_8
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