Supervisory guidance for managing risks associated with the settlement of foreign exchange transactions – consultative document, August 2012 “Since the BCBS’s Supervisory guidance for managing settlement risk in foreign exchange transactions (2000) was published, the foreign exchange market has made significant strides in reducing the risks associated with the settlement of FX transactions. Substantial FX …

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L.A. Courthouse – Initial Project Justification Is Outdated and Flawed, GAO-12-968T, Aug 17, 2012 Mine Safety – Reports and Key Studies Support the Scientific Conclusions Underlying the Proposed Exposure Limit for Respirable Coal Mine Dust, GAO-12-832R, Aug 17, 2012

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Financing Home Ownership: Origins and Evolution of Mortgage Securitization. Public Policy, Financial Innovations and Crises by Dimitris Karapiperis. CIPR White Paper WPS 2012-01. August 2012 “The primary purpose of this white paper is to provide an array of options for policymakers to consider in assuring insurance regulators have the best tools available to accurately value …

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Household Production, Services and Monetary Policy, Constant Lonkeng Ngouana, August 1, 2012. “A distinctive feature of market-provided services is that some of them have close substitutes at home. Households may therefore switch between consuming home and market services in response to changes in the real wage – the opportunity cost of working at home – …

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“The following item is a Letter of Intent of the government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, which describes the policies that the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan intends to implement in the context of its request for financial support from the IMF. The document, which is the property of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is …

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