The seminar we kind of “co-hosted” today was a bit of a bust. Or else I don’t really get what the whole point of the technical assistance program from which we are “benefiting” is. Of the twenty market participant… participants that were invited, only four showed up – all from the same institution. It was a good series of presentations, but I think we really could’ve gotten more out of the whole thing. I did get to meet quite a lovely fellow (the resource person), though, with whom I think I’ll try to keep in touch.
On my way out, I happened upon a colleague sitting at a registration table in front of another meeting room. There was clearly something going on, and I was curious. A press conference? For the release of the Inflation Report for the 4th Quarter of 2007, you say? Oh! Well. I’ll have a little sit-in and see what these things are like! I knew I’d be at work ’till 7 anyway, to wait for the traffic cops to stop paying attention to the last digit of my plate number.
Unfortunately, the two big cheeses were stuck in a Monetary Board meeting and couldn’t come up to the press con as they usually do. The venerable Managing Director of the MPSS, whom I quite admire, conducted the press con instead. I must say, the woman did a fine job as per usual.
