Ignazio Visco: Statement - meeting of the Development Committee Statement by Mr Ignazio Visco, Governor of the Bank of Italy and Governor of the Constituency of Albania, Greece, Italy, Malta, Portugal, San Marino and Timor-Leste, at the 103rd Meeting (virtual) of the Development Committee (Joint Ministerial Committee of the Boards of Governors of the Bank and the Fund on the Transfer of Real Resources to Developing Countries), Washington DC, 9 April 2021.
*  *  *  Ladies and gentlemen, The title of this session asks: “should money and credit play a greater role in central bank strategies?” Money has always played a distinctive role in the ECB’s monetary policy strategy.