The Administration has agreed to seek to remove the so-called Maiden Lane facilities from the Federal Reserve's balance sheet. 2  BIS Review 120/2009  carefully – in our policy announcements, the minutes of our meetings, and our quarterly forecasts – the evolution of our assessment of the economic situation and the risks associated with achieving our goals.
You will have noticed that these principles, already formalized before the Madrid Declaration, are also the ones underlying European Monetary Union. This aim of macro-economic stability brings into sharper focus the structural, supply side, of the economy.