David Longworth: The crucial contribution of the financial system and monetary policy to economic development Remarks by Mr David Longworth, Deputy Governor of the Bank of Canada, to the Conference of the Association des économistes québécois, Montréal, 5 May 2006. *  *  *  The panellists in the preceding workshop challenged us economists to be more lucid and convincing.
Seventy-five years is a relatively short span for an institution. Even so, the journey since its establishment in 1935 has been eventful for the Reserve Bank, shaping not only its intellectual evolution but also securing its preeminent position in the economic policy space of the country.