FSB's Draghi says not time to pause on regulation

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BASEL, Switzerland, June 27 (Reuters) - Policymakers should continue to push their efforts to toughen up financial regulation as markets still showed signs of fragility, a top central banker said on Saturday.

"It's not time for pausing," Financial Stability Board chairman, Mario Draghi, told a news conference.

(Reporting by Huw Jones and Tamora Vidaillet)

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