The participants of this symposium – which brings together academics, policy makers and market participants – have the privilege of being able to speak freely outside their regular job constraints. I hope they will make active use of this freedom. I am sure, divergent views will emerge among panellists which is why we have this symposium in the first place.
Divergent views can be helpful to better understand the challenges we are facing, provided they are all expressed under a shared objective – namely to try to explain to us and to the broader public which medium-term direction the IMF should take.