With this in mind, I think it was among others wise to keep the Bank’s Council of Regency in existence, even if it has finally lost all monetary power. It offers an irreplaceable opportunity for dialogue between the directors of the central bank and the experts representing the main spheres of Belgian society.
The Bank’s board of directors have duties towards the population; they also have duties towards the staff of the Bank. The standards expected of the Bank and its staff are traditionally high and have been accentuated by the profound changes which I have already mentioned.