*  *  *  Magandang umaga po sa inyong lahat! On behalf of the Members of the Monetary Board and my fellow central bankers, I welcome all our special guests and viewers to the Forum of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas on “Sustaining Growth Through Better Access to Credit”.
The other factors affecting these investment decisions were generally comparable with those in other parts of the economy. Funding was as cheap and readily available; uncertainty was not obviously any more or less. Indeed, the long horizons for these projects meant that uncertainty was at least as large as in other sectors.