"The big trade surplus means P.B.O.C. will continue to experience large capital inflows," said Liu Li-gang, an economist with Australia & New Zealand Banking, referring to the People's Bank of China.
The bank refers to them as "displays to provoke the public's imagination".
By way of an answer, the bank refers me to an Internet link that calls up a 521-page report so densely typed it looks like wallpaper.
The Italian central bank referred evidence of criminal activity to prosecutors, he said.
The bank referred to studies showing a huge variance in the way banks estimate potential losses from loans, derivatives or other business activities.
Bank Atcharawan, the manager in Nevada, said that when they first opened, Las Vegas "was only interested in the Left Bank," referring to fine Bordeaux.
BUSINESS DAY An article on Thursday about British regulators' push to increase capital reserves at local banks referred incorrectly at one point to their efforts.
The comments follow a recent controversy in Germany, where Thilo Sarrazin, an executive of the German central bank, referred to a "Jewish gene" while also criticizing Muslim immigration.
"There is not going to be a Lehman-style moment in Europe," said Mark J. Carney, governor of the Canadian central bank, referring to the collapse of investment bank Lehman Brothers in 2008, which helped set in motion the financial crisis.
"This is the banking industry's tobacco moment," says the chief executive of a multinational bank, referring to the lawsuits and settlements that cost America's tobacco industry more than $200 billion in 1998.
