It also concerns issues which go well beyond the statutory responsibilities of the Reserve Bank, and for this reason I must stress that my comments this morning reflect personal views, and not necessarily those of the Bank. Our growth performance: much improved How have we been doing in the economic growth stakes? Unfortunately, not too well if we judge from the last three decades.
Over that period, our growth in GDP per capita has averaged 0.8 per cent per 1 annum, compared with an average of 2.0 per cent per annum in the countries of the OECD.