Quantitative easing has helped to maintain financial market stability and to make the environment surrounding corporate finance more accommodative, thereby underpinning economic activity. Concerns about a liquidity shortage in the money market have been almost dispelled, and short- to medium-term interest rates have been low, reflecting the Bank's commitment in terms of policy duration.
To move into the next orbit, it is vital to understand the environment we are in, the inefficiencies, the pitfalls that limit growth and build on synergies and innovation for catapulting it into the future.