These purchases will target an important segment of the private securities market, which has been particularly affected by the financial market turbulence and will contribute to achieve the objective of maintaining the availability of credit for households and companies at accessible rates. 2.5  More weight given to asset prices in monetary policy?
We look back and forward to celebrate the arrival of the Year of the Rat. 2007 is an eventful year. Global economic growth has slowed down due to the reverberations arising from the subprime crisis originated in the US. At the same time, financial risk which has hidden under years of economic prosperity starts to take its toll.