At this festive moment I will tell you more about the history of De Nederlandsche Bank. And against that background, I’d like to address my central question: has the recent financial crisis stirred up the role of central banks, and if so, how? In other words: are we in the midst of a paradigm shift?
Ladies and Gentlemen, As the watchful guardian of the value of your money, for almost a decade and a half Banka Slovenije has helped to shape euro area monetary policy as part of the Eurosystem, and has provided for a stable and stimulating environment for more than 340 million citizens to live and work in.