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.
银行家正在重拾导致金融危机的过度冒险行为。这至少是国际清算银行(BIS)的担忧。本周末，这个所谓的“央行的央行”召集了数家私营银行行长到巴塞尔开会，申斥金融危机前盛行的“激进行为”重新抬头。鉴于国际清算银行是很早以前就警告信贷危机正在酝酿的少数几个官方机构之一，它最新的警告令人担忧。然而，国际清算银行其实是在希望能鱼与熊掌兼得。