Hermann Remsperger: Financing innovation Welcome address by Professor Hermann Remsperger, Member of the Executive Board of the Deutsche Bundesbank, at the 6th Bundesbank Spring Conference “Financing Innovation”, Eltville, 30 April 2004. *  *  *  Ladies and Gentlemen, I have the pleasure of welcoming you to the 6th Bundesbank Spring Conference.
*  *  *  Introduction The Bank of Japan submitted its Semiannual Report on Currency and Monetary Control for the first half of fiscal 2007 to the Diet on December 11, 2007. I am pleased to have this opportunity to present an overall review of the Bank's conduct of monetary policy. I.