Moving forward, the BSP will remain committed to staying the course toward sustained growth, while firmly adhering to its mandate of safeguarding price stability and ensuring the financial system remains resilient.   On monetary policy, we will ensure that liquidity remains adequate to support economic growth with manageable inflation.
Our discussions will be far reaching but we should try to organise them around two broad long-term themes – stability and consumer protection. A fundamental objective of the Central Bank of Ireland is to ensure “the stability of the financial system overall”.