Communication policies related to the central bank policy decision-making process are very crucial even to central banks with scope remaining for policy rate adjustments, and I believe they have brought about changes in our ways of thinking even in the discussions concerning the transparency of the central bank’s policy decision-making process.
*  *  *  Introduction Ladies and gentlemen, it is a pleasure to be here today. The title of today’s conference “Towards a European foreign economic policy” could hardly be more topical. Indeed, the world is facing challenges not seen for decades – challenges that are truly global. The solutions will thus need to be global too.