I also would like to extend a very warm welcome and a special thanks to my central bank colleagues from the European System of Central Banks as well as those from other parts of the world who have honored us with their presence for this celebration.
This year we celebrate an important anniversary - the 75th year since the establishment of the Bank of Greece. During this period, the conventional wisdom about a central bank’s institutional role and about what a central bank can and should do has undergone enormous change.