The key is to manage the factors that are within our control, to maintain a positive mindset, and to capitalize on our time-tested resiliency and ability to innovate amidst challenging times. 2  BIS Review 7/2009  And don’t forget, our economic fundamentals continue to be a source for optimism.
This includes sustained economic growth, slowing inflation, declining interest rates, record high international reserves, balance of payments surplus, a competitive peso and a stable banking system. In the end, the challenge in 2009 for the banking sector is to quickly act on the painful lessons of the global financial crisis.