Mr Thiessen discusses the change in views on the role of monetary policy since the Porter Commission Text of the Tony Hampson Memorial Lecture by Gordon G Thiessen, Governor of the Bank of Canada, at the C D Howe Institute, Toronto, Ontario, on 11 March 1999.
The Bank of Botswana expects to work with all interested parties, if need be, to rid the market of such near unethical business conduct. Not all is lost, however; it is encouraging that, in some quarters, discernible improvements are evident in containing the level of bank charges. There is also progress in the direction of diversification of banking products on offer.