When it comes to taking the world's political and economic fever, there is no thermometer more accurate than the flow of capital in and out of Swiss banks. In a sally making the rounds of Swiss financial clubs, two bankers meet in the street. "How is business?" asks one. Answers the other: "It's terrible. We've got so much money we don't know what to do.''
To Western European bankers and government officials, the joke is about as funny as a bad check. With their economies booming along at record levels, not only Switzerland but much of Europe last week had...
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