Among other objectives, liquidity guidelines must take into account the risks that inadequate liquidity planning by major financial firms pose for the broader financial system, and they must ensure that these firms do not become excessively reliant on liquidity support from the central bank.


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The people I've encountered who are really dangerous in my life don't go around with their f...
BEN MENDELSOHN
Before 'Animal Kingdom,' I wasn't particularly thought of in villainous roles.
BEN MENDELSOHN
I like to call up ghosts of things past for myself when I'm working a lot.
BEN MENDELSOHN
'Animal Kingdom' is a significant comet, and it's cast a tail. It's very hard to see...
BEN MENDELSOHN
'Animal Kingdom' is a lot of things, but it's not heartwarming.
BEN MENDELSOHN
The very rough story is this: Melbourne boy, out of both my parents' houses at a young age, live...
BEN MENDELSOHN
Acting is a bit of a heart and soul exercise with me. It's kind of all I've got.
BEN MENDELSOHN
I think now there's much more of a confessional culture. That's not my bag. I come from a sl...
BEN MENDELSOHN
You can certainly extend your adolescence. There's people that are very good at extending it ind...
BEN MENDELSOHN
You think of 'Outlaw Josey Wales,' you immediately think of the old Indian guy, Sondra Locke...
BEN MENDELSOHN
As an outsider in America, you do see the kind of hypocrisy that's rampant there.
BEN MENDELSOHN
It's good to surf whatever waves are going on right there as they're happening.
BEN MENDELSOHN
I don't believe in the transformation myth, where if you have more success, life changes for you...
BEN MENDELSOHN
We never think that our mothers will die. It was like suddenly an abyss opened at my feet - I was st...
BEN OKRI
It took capitalism half a century to come back from the Great Depression.
BEN SHAPIRO
Each new day has a different shape to it. You just roll with it.
BEN ZOBRIST
People rely on Wikipedia, and a lot of it is wrong. But because there it is on the Internet, they as...
BEN MEZRICH
Science has authority, not because of white coats, or titles, but because of precision and transpare...
BEN GOLDACRE
Journalism is a craft that takes years to learn. It's like golf. You never get it right all the ...
BEN HUH
One of the things I've learned is to be receptive of feedback.
BEN SILBERMANN
The magician and the politician have much in common: they both have to draw our attention away from ...
BEN OKRI
No matter how good you are at planning, the pressure never goes away. So I don't fight it. I fee...
BEN CARSON
Here's a nation, one of the founding pillars was freedom of speech and freedom of expression. An...
BEN CARSON
I grew up with an older brother, and the bond between siblings is unlike anything else, and it can b...
BEN SCHNETZER
Distrust of government isn't baseless cynicism. It's realism.
BEN SHAPIRO
The fact of storytelling hints at a fundamental human unease, hints at human imperfection. Where the...
BEN OKRI
I used to collect knick-knacks, like wizards, trolls and little buddhas, and arrange them like preci...
BEN WHISHAW
Entrepreneurs may be brutally honest, but fostering relationships with partners and building endurin...
BEN PARR
Most of these people are not going anywhere, and have nothing meaningful to do. They are zombies see...
BEN HINSON
I was born Moishe Ketzelbourd but the Indians call me Maurice Cougar.
BEN KATCHOR
I studied politics and economics at Bristol, and people always assumed that I'd go into politics...
BEN ELLIOT
Together we were something less, which felt like such a relief, to not be ourselves for a while.
BEN MARCUS
Obama wants to raise the issue of immigration reform so that he can demonize Republicans as anti-His...
BEN SHAPIRO
President Obama has only had two major policy victories during his tenure: the stimulus package and ...
BEN SHAPIRO