For decades,Swiss banks have had a no-questions-asked policy when it comes to deposits, and a no-questions-answered policy when it comes to investigations of their customers.

VOA: standard.2009.08.19

It was something like a central bank but it was different essentially in that the National Banks really didn't have authority to run monetary policy.

它像是个中央银行,但是在本质上不同,因为国家银行真的,没有什么权力运行货币政策。

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"Moreover,the insights provided by our role in supervising a range of banks, including community banks significantly increases our effectiveness in making monetary policy and fostering financial stability."

VOA: standard.2010.03.17

But I think he should have seen it coming,". In congressional testimony, Bernanke has placed much of the blame for the 2008 financial meltdown on lax governmental regulation of banks and other entities as authorized by Congress, rather than the monetary policy he oversaw.

VOA: standard.2010.01.24