As a bonus, you also get a monthly dose of our inflation forecast relative to our annual target. We also hold public discussions to increase public understanding and ownership of the monetary policy process. The public information campaign in various locations around the country has helped increase the public’s familiarity with inflation targeting and monetary policy in general.
The latter, community development, however, has a commitment to individuals and communities that have been left out of the economic mainstream and uses products tailored to their unique circumstances. These two worlds, however, can be brought together; and that has begun to happen, particularly around the challenges I will discuss in greater detail.