The Office has greatly benefited from our Japanese partners’ forthcoming attitude and constant support. The frequent exchange of views with the Bank of Japan, as well as with the other financial authorities, and members of the academia and the private sector, has provided us with extremely useful input for our own analyses and policy decisions.
However, the Government needs to be cautious and remain within the Medium Term Development Strategy (MTDS) and the Budgetary framework, because these achievements to date can easily be undone if there is any fiscal slippage in the lead up to the National Elections next year.