Let me also thank Mr Trenkler and the Kronberg Academy for their wonderful musical programme today. And last, but by no means least, I would like to thank my wife for her support and for her understanding when I was out on the road yet again instead of at home.
She told me earlier that this is the wrong time and place to say anything more on this topic. It was always with a sense of pride that I carried my Bundesbank business card in my wallet, and I never wanted to work for any other institution over the last eight years.