Mr Meyer gives his views on the sustainability of growth and on monetary policy in the United States  Remarks by Mr Laurence H Meyer, Member of the Board of Governors of the US Federal Reserve System, before the National Economists Club and the Society of Government Economists, Washington, D.C. on 20 January 2000.
*  *  *  Relationship between fiscal sustainability and central banks The mission of a central bank is to contribute to sustained growth of the economy by maintaining public confidence in money, and price stability and financial system stability are two facets of this mission. Fiscal sustainability is an important element that has a fundamental impact on both.