A rare and impressive collection of esteemed colleagues and brilliant minds, like ECB board member Frank Elderson, the Executive Secretary of the UN for the convention of biological diversity Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Banque de France governor Francois Villeroy and many other knowledgeable representatives of important organisations like the European Commission, NGO’s, standard-setters, universities, the NGFS, banks and asset managers.
Our main message today is that it will take quite some time for the economy to fully recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, and the Bank of Canada will keep providing monetary stimulus to support the economy through the recovery. Before turning to your questions, let me say a few words about our policy discussions.