Rosanna Costa: The power of data for a smart world

Opening remarks by Ms Rosanna Costa, Governor of the Central Bank of Chile, at the Sixth Statistics Conference "The power of data for a smart world", Santiago de Chile, 3 June 2025.

The views expressed in this speech are those of the speaker and not the view of the BIS.

Good morning, ladies and gentlemen.

It is an honor and a privilege to welcome you to the Sixth Statistics Conference of the Central Bank of Chile, which we are hosting in a particularly meaningful year for our institution as we celebrate its centennial. Over the past 100 years, the evolution of the economy-and of statistics in particular-has been closely interlocked with dynamic and ever-changing environments and faced with a future that is advancing rapidly and full of promising and challenging changes.

This sixth edition of the Statistics Conference, whose title - "The Power of Data for a Smart World"- resonates strongly in this moment of our history. If there is one lesson the past century has taught us, it is that knowledge, grounded in solid information and rigorous analysis, guides the path to progress and stability. We are also opening the window to new developments that offer us opportunities and challenges, because they provide tools, but at the same time demand more information, of better quality and greater timeliness.

In recognition of these one hundred years, I would like to revisit them through the lens of statistics-and from there, open the door to the next century.