Stakeholder participation is essential so that even amidst confounding global developments such as the Brexit and the United States’ seeming turn to protectionist policy, we can stand resilient and stay calm, with inflation at 3.1 percent in the first half of 2017, well within the government’s inflation target range for the year. Our external payments position remains manageable.
Over the past five years, the Central Bank of Seychelles has undertaken various initiatives targeting the youth at an institutional level and in collaboration with other stakeholders. These have taken multiple forms, such as in-person or virtual sessions at workplaces and educational institutions and the dissemination of awareness materials through mainstream and social media.