*** Greetings everyone, I am pleased to welcome you to the Central Bank of the Republic of Kosovo, on the occasion of awarding the Prizes for the best Essays in the context of the competition: "Plan your money, plant your future" whose message is to focus on sustainability and raise awareness on the implications of individual financial behaviour, both on the financial future and on the environment and society.
These developments have weakened the pace of growth in the euro area. Recent data and information suggest that activity in the euro area has continued to grow only moderately in the third quarter of 2002 and available evidence also points to only moderate rates of growth of real GDP at the turn of the year.