Conclusion Mr Chairman, let me conclude by reminding you that we have some huge advantages in terms of economic growth – macroeconomic stability, a substantial measure of consensus on economic policy across the political spectrum, a competent and corruption-free judiciary and bureaucracy, an English-speaking population.
After some decades of growing substantially more slowly than other developed countries, we have recently picked up our growth performance and during the nineties achieved per capita growth at a rate closely similar to average growth in other OECD countries. There are, therefore, plenty of reasons to be optimistic.