But recently, there also appears to have been a change in attitudes. As was discussed in the SMP, an important factor shaping the outlook is how persistent this change in attitudes turns out to be.
Introduced in 2003, the main objective of the Primary Dealer System is to promote financial markets development and to reduce the costs associated with issuing government securities, by: 1)  Increasing demand for government securities;  2)  Increasing market efficiency, thereby making government securities easier to buy and sell;  3)  Encouraging secondary market trading of government securities, and;  4)  Improving the quality of market information that is shared amongst the participants and with the Central Bank.