Having done this for five or six years now, I’ve lost count, I feel like I am a member of this jolly group already. Although I know I have to put in more time to earn one of those metal badges of honor. I am told that to deserve that golden metallic nameplate will take decades.
Unfortunately, the BSP Charter has imposed a two-term limit to the central bank governor. Before I digress any further, I hope you will not mind if I, as one who feels part of the group already, would go directly to the meat of my remarks this afternoon.