In the paper “International Business and Financial Services Centres in the Caribbean,” published in June 2011, the authors showed that the international business and financial services (IBFS) industry in the Caribbean, though miniscule as a proportion of global financial markets, is the principal avenue for diversifying foreign exchange earnings for many Caribbean countries.
And while all these tasks form part of our role as custodians of the euro, it is banknotes that are perhaps the most visible task for many European citizens. They stand out as our most tangible product: we can hold them in our hands and we use them on a daily basis.