Shamshad Akhtar: Pakistan’s capital markets – mobilizing for growth Keynote address by Dr Shamshad Akhtar, Governor of the State Bank of Pakistan, at the Pakistan Capital Markets Conference organized by Pakistan Business Council and IFC, Karachi, 5 September 2006. *  *  *  Good Morning everyone.
Stress tests indicate that the banks’ exposure is manageable and potential contagion effects on Austrian banks should be very limited. The broadly favorable economic developments I sketched earlier have provided a solid background for financial sector developments in Southeastern Europe over the past few years.