Jens Thomsen: Government bond markets in 2009 Speech by Mr Jens Thomsen, Member of the Board of Governors of the National Bank of Denmark and Chairman of the Economic and Financial Committee, Sub-Committee on EU Government Bonds and Bills Markets, 1 at the European Government Bond Summit, Brussels, 5 November 2009. * 1.
*  *  Introduction  I am delighted to be here tonight to offer my view on the development in the financial markets. A little more than a year ago the financial markets were frozen and there was a well-founded concern regarding the financial and economic outlook. 2009 has indeed proven to be challenging in many ways.