*** To say that this kind of crowd is at least three times bigger than the last one we had in October [2022 at the previous Bankers' Night] precisely is an understatement. Of course, my friend says, "If you are too excited, you should not be a central bank governor."
But it turned out that the fact that we knew that today is a holiday-and the information came only rather late, after 6:00 p.m.-turned out to be a blessing. Because what we did, of course, was to cancel everything, except the important events of the day-and this is the most important one.