Inviting a member of the Bundesbank’s Executive Board to hold a speech usually is risky business. The Stern magazine once wrote: “Bundesbank Executive Board members are boring. They talk of interest rates and monetary aggregates from each and every angle, lulling their audience into a deep sleep.” But today I will be speaking about education and thereby avoid giving you any chance for dozing.
Today’s conference on “Central Banker Education and Financial Stability” is making its debut appearance in the Euro Finance Week. It is the first time that the topic of education has featured so prominently in the financial market stability arena.