The diversity of products and services offered by all our financial institutions and the presence of a critical mass, will enrich our financial system and help position Suva as a vibrant and growing financial centre.
The SNB is to be especially congratulated because, in spite of the turbulences which have characterised the period since 1907 – two world wars, the Great Depression, and the Great Inflation – it has succeeded in delivering, on average, a remarkably low inflation rate. I regard a historical and international perspective on Swiss price stability as being especially appropriate.