I look forward to any questions you might have. Endnotes [*]  This speech has greatly benefited from the input of the Bank's liaison teams in our Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney and Perth offices. [1]  See RBA (2021), ‘Box B: Supply Chains During the COVID-19 Pandemic’, Statement on Monetary Policy, May, pp 24–27. Available at <https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/smp/2021/may/box-b-supply-chains-during-the-covid-19pandemic.html>
1 / 15  BIS central bankers' speeches  Starting from the outside perspective, reports in media outlets in the United States and the United Kingdom spanned the full spectrum, with some saying that the ECB’s “bond-buying proposal beats all expectations” and the ECB “gets it (almost) right”, while others felt that the “stimulus may be too little or too late”.