As the country’s prime financial regulatory and supervisory authority, I give you the assurance that the Central Bank is prepared to take early and decisive corrective actions to prevent a build-up of unmitigated risks in individual financial institutions, or in the financial system as a whole. There are several ways in which the Central Bank promotes financial stability.
*  *  *  I am very pleased to welcome you to the Bank of Greece for this conference, co-sponsored by the Bank of Greece and the University of Oxford through the latter’s program on South East European Studies.