Axel A Weber: Current developments in the financial system Welcoming remarks by Professor Axel A Weber, President of the Deutsche Bundesbank, at the 5th Bundesbank Lecture, Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin, 16 September 2008.
*  *  *  Ladies and gentlemen I am very pleased to welcome you to this year’s Bundesbank Lecture at this beautiful location here in the very heart of Berlin. I am particularly grateful that Mr Mario Draghi, Governor of the Bank of Italy, will be our speaker today.