The Research Department of the Central Bank of Malta organised a half-day Research Workshop on Thursday, 23 November wherein it launched its sixth annual Research Bulletin. The Bulletin is the Bank's annual flagship research publication and is intended to showcase a selection of the Bank's research and make it available to a wider audience.

The workshop was concluded by a speech delivered by the Governor of the Central Bank of Malta, Professor Edward Scicluna. In his conclusion, Professor Scicluna spoke about the importance of using non-traditional data to complement the analysis that is already done using more traditional data sources. The Governor also emphasized the importance of close collaboration between the private and public sector to promote more prominent use of new data techniques to develop our macroeconomic understanding and therefore improve the formulation and implementation of economic policies.

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