Should the overall economic picture improve, the Eurosystem will absorb the extra liquidity provided as quickly as possible. In this manner, we will counter potential risks to price stability early on and, at the same time, make a contribution to avoiding future financial crises.
3  Conclusion  Ladies and gentlemen, this conference will be dealing with a host of other issues I could discuss at great length. However, allow me to follow a particularly useful suggestion to dinner speakers: “Start at the beginning. And when you get to the end, stop.” And this is where I have arrived.