Especially in the early days of the ECB, when our credibility and the collegial nature of our decisions still had to be established, we put a premium on speaking to the public with one voice. Our concern was that published minutes or accounts could have compromised this – and I do not think this was unfounded.
Barry Whiteside: Overview of the Fijian economy Address by Mr Barry Whiteside, Governor of the Reserve Bank of Fiji, at the opening of Credit Corporation (Fiji) Limited’s new building, Nadi, 4 October 2013.