We believe that the enhanced coordination with the Treasury, without sacrificing the Bank’s policy autonomy and independence, has reduced the uncertainty confronting economic operators and households and added to policy predictability. That, briefly, is how we coped with the macroeconomic challenges thrown up by the crisis. 3. Conducting monetary policy in an uncertain world  Let me move on to my third theme.
Philip R Lane: Competition policy and central banking Remarks by Mr Philip R Lane, Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland, at the European Movement Ireland and Central Bank of Ireland Joint Dinner in honour of Commissioner Margrethe Vestager, Dublin, 24 January 2019.