The Monetary Committee adopted very accommodative monetary policy this year as well, including the reduction of the interest rate to a low of 0.1 percent in March 2015, alongside foreign exchange purchases within the framework of two programs – the program intended to offset the impact of natural gas production, and the program to moderate fluctuations that are not in line with economic fundamentals.
Last year, we extended the application of sustainability criteria to investment in non-EU equity markets and to corporate bond management, which had already been adopted in the Italian and euro-area equity segment; there have also been purchases of green bonds issued by supranational agencies.