1 These determined efforts have contributed to a considerably brighter economic outlook. A comparison between the median of the most recent Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) Summary of Economic Projections (SEP) and the first projection following the onset of the pandemic, in June of last year, highlights the improvement in the outlook.
This feat has inspired us to come up with a “Father of the Nation” Platinum Series, made up of three different coins to be launched over the next three years, beginning in October 2009. In the previous year, we had already reached record levels in terms of training fellowships extended to our staff to widen the Bank’s knowledge base.