While preserving the stability we acquired at so great a cost, we must find our way back to the path of growth. The actions to be undertaken, including the measures to redress the public finances that have now become imperative, must be evaluated first and foremost from this point of view.
Such an objective can only be achieved if there is consensus on the goals for the future and agreement on action in the present. Let us draw encouragement from the knowledge that in the course of its history this country has successfully overcome far more dramatic challenges. BIS Review 52/2006  11