Business and consumer confidence had been falling even before 11 September and the reduction in unemployment has come to a halt at 8.3 percent. The return to the presumed potential growth path of 2½ percent a year will be delayed. There are, however, a couple of reasons to remain optimistic for the economic prospects of the euro area in the medium term.
Today, we are going to talk about green bonds and the net-zero transition. I’ll start from a Danmarks Nationalbank perspective. I will then turn to the excellent cooperation with the Ministry of Finance on government debt management. I am asked more and more often how Danmarks Nationalbank is contributing to the net-zero transition.