It is a contribution for which you can justifiably take pride and I hope that your achievements in this regard will be widely recognised in our society. With these few remarks, I would like to wish you success for all of your endeavours in the future and for the good health of yourself and your families. Thank you for listening.
As all of you are aware, the Bank of Korea decided to maintain the Base Rate at 2.25% in August. Ahead of this, on June 24 this year, it cut down the Aggregate Credit Ceiling for the third quarter this year by 1.5 trillion won. This had been increased in two steps by 3.5 trillion won to 10 trillion won following Lehman Brothers’ bankruptcy.