Ladies and Gentlemen: as you are aware, coins constitute low-value units of our currency structure and adequate availability at all times everywhere cannot be over-emphasized. Most of you must have witnessed situations at Points of Sale (POS) and retail outlets where token items such as sweets or matchboxes are offered in place of coin-change.
Among these, it is worth to highlight the stillhigh debt levels, both public and private, in a number of economies, a situation that is aggravated by potential mismatches between assets  3  International Monetary Fund (2014): “Underlying Drivers of U.S. Yields Matter for Spillovers”, Spillover Feature in Chapter 2 of World Economic Outlook, October.