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BND

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  1. Germany's national intelligence service.


Etymology

Origin of BND

< German, for Bundesnachrichtendienst

Example Sentences

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Stocks and bonds in recent years have supposedly become more highly correlated, because of which the 60/40 portfolio is now especially vulnerable to periods of higher inflation — such as in calendar-year 2022, when inflation spiked, the Fed raised intrest rates and the 60% VTI/40% BND portfolio lost 16.3%.

From MarketWatch

Germany's BND foreign intelligence agency declined to comment on the allegations.

From Barron's

Two German newspapers say they have uncovered details of an assessment carried out by spy agency BND in 2020 but never published.

From BBC

But the once controversial theory has been gaining ground among some intelligence agencies - and the BND is the latest to entertain the theory.

From BBC

According to Die Zeit and Sueddeutscher Zeitung, the BND met in Berlin in 2020 to look into the origin of coronavirus in an operation called Project Saaremaa.

From BBC