Over the last three years, the focus has increasingly been turned to the G-20 to provide leadership on international financial issues, and this was even more so the case during the current financial turmoil. While the G-20 is still a relatively small grouping, it nevertheless represents almost 90 percent of global trade and GDP respectively.
What lies ahead? The BSP surveys the global environment, I am glad that you have a speaker on this topic. We survey domestic conditions, and we consider the general public and those factors that affect overall welfare. What do we see so far? And I will be brief here. •  We see inflation inching up, but still remaining manageable over the policy horizon.