The same man who, in 1816, two years after the abolition of the trade in enslaved people in the Netherlands, two years after De Nederlandsche Bank was established, and after having been a board member for two years, became president of De Nederlandsche Bank. A position he held for nine years. And all the while, these kinds of ledgers were kept for him.
So, we continue to expect that economic activity will slow in the second half of the year. Given Canada’s reliance on international trade, we agreed that the trade war remains our primary concern and the biggest risk to our forecast. Trade policy uncertainty has been weighing on business investment and exports for a couple of years now.