BIS central bankers’ speeches  7  Chiba Prefecture is bounded by water on three sides, and it is blessed with mild weather and rich natural surroundings.
policy makers as well as compilers to reflect on the fact that reacting to changing societies does not only imply the development of new statistics but also a strong reflection on the need to maintain currently available “old” statistics. This phenomenon probably reflects the inertia of existing institutions and the resistance of national bureaucracies to transferring competences to the supranational level.