At the beginning, I pointed out uncertainties over future developments in emerging and commodity-exporting economies as well as those growing overseas following the United Kingdom’s vote to leave the EU.
And this symposium offers an opportunity to present and discuss a number of recent advances. Yet, the financial market turmoil has shown that the world – our economies and financial systems – is more complex and more interdependent; that underlying factors, processes, risks and vulnerabilities can interact in a ways that have not been previously envisaged.