At the same time (it is worth recalling) the new rules confirm the facilitations, already present in Basel II and invoked by the Italian supervisory authorities, that, other things being equal, allow a lower weighting for loans to small and medium-sized enterprises.
Sound statistics are necessary to monitor these trends closely and accurately because of the economic costs that can accrue from imbalances and deviations of these indicators from sustainable levels. Mr. Chairman, a conscious effort on our part to improve upon data collection in terms of timelines and accuracy has an international dimension of interest.