Leaders have agreed to a parallel growth pact, albeit modest, and to work on other measures, such as common banking supervision.

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IMF, in the most recent of its periodic reports on Switzerland's financial sector, said that Swiss anti-money-laundering measures met the highest international standards, and that the sector's regulation and supervision were effective and solid.

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