I am confident that each country in the region is working hard at implementing similar initiatives and finding ways to design and implement innovative policies that will help the younger generation to navigate longstanding and emerging global challenges, such as the COVID-19 pandemic and geopolitical events that are having spillover effects across the globe thus impacting the livelihoods of everyone including the young people.
I have invited you here this morning to comment on the decision taken by the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) yesterday. I will also answer your questions. As usual, I have by my side my two fellow deputy Governors, who are also members of the MPC, and you may set your questions directly to them if you wish.