South Africans at times can tend to be fairly pessimistic. The challenges we face are immense, but not dissimilar in scale and extent to those faced not only by developing economies but also developed economies.
I however choose to be optimistic and do believe that we have many factors that do count in our favour and am convinced that with the right policy choices we can go a long way towards successfully addressing the triple challenges of structural unemployment, poverty and inequality. I thank you. BIS central bankers’ speeches  5