2  BIS central bankers’ speeches  Effects of monetary accommodation since the global financial crisis After the 2007–08 global financial crisis, there has been heightened concern about the international spillovers of monetary policies – and of ours, in particular.
The National Irish Bank on Dame Street carries the name “Hibernian, 1824” (in this case there is no continuity, as the Hibernian became part of Bank of Ireland, whereas NIB is a descendant of Northern Bank); “Provincial Bank Chambers” clearly inscribed over a door at the Westin Hotel in College Street reminds us where one forerunner of AIB used to be.