Second, I would welcome the efforts of the supervisory community, namely through the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision and the Committee of European Banking Supervisors, in keeping each other abreast of developments and in considering jointly possible measures to contain the potential effects of the turmoil.
Before leaving the floor to our first speaker, Professor Dale Jorgenson I would like to thank all the invited speakers and discussants for accepting the invitation and for actively taking part in this event. I am also very grateful to the Belgian teams for their research effort in exploring the factors that drive business investment in Belgium.