The financial disturbances that have afflicted a number of currencies in Asia do not at this point, as I indicated earlier, threaten prosperity in this country, but we need to work closely with their leaders and the international financial community to assure that their situations stabilize.
Even though the central bank strives for financial stability, this is not seen as conflicting with price stability. Considering that financial system unrest generally means that the transmission channels of monetary policy are not working as they should, financial stability is a precondition for a price stability.