Bankers are back to the excessive risk-taking that brought on the financial crisis. That, at least, is the fear of the Bank for International Settlements. The so-called “central banks' bank” has summoned a number of private sector bank chiefs to Basel this weekend to rap their knuckles about the return of “aggressive behaviour that prevailed during the pre-crisis period”. Given that the BIS was one of the few official organisations to warn of a brewing credit crisis way back when, its latest admonition is worrying. Yet, at the same time, the BIS wants to eat its cake and have it too.
銀行家正在重拾導致金融危機的過度冒險行爲。這至少是國際結算銀行(BIS)的擔憂。本週末，這個所謂的「央行的央行」召集了數傢俬營銀行行長到巴塞爾開會，申斥金融危機前盛行的「激進行爲」重新抬頭。鑑於國際結算銀行是很早以前就警告信貸危機正在醞釀的少數幾個官方機構之一，它最新的警告令人擔憂。然而，國際結算銀行其實是在希望能魚與熊掌兼得。