Turning to the monetary analysis, recent data confirm solid growth in broad money (M3), notwithstanding a decline in the annual growth rate of M3 to 4.8% in August 2015 from 5.3% in July.
Your presentation today clearly reflected the commitment that you have towards the goals of financial inclusion and financial literacy. In fact, you might perhaps be the only Governor to have undertaken outreaches for financial inclusion and financial education. Your examples of the challenges that still remain towards achieving meaningful financial inclusion were indeed thought provoking.