And employers in Germany would find the right employees for the posts they want to fill. BIS central bankers’ speeches  3  But, in Germany as elsewhere, there is more to do than that: we in Germany need to continue to tackle the ongoing challenges of globalisation, and we also need to do more to deal with the challenges of demographic change.
We, like others, cannot sit idly by. Therefore, this is no time for resting on our laurels. We also have to continue to think about how we can ensure that our enterprises can find sufficient numbers of skilled, motivated employees, given that Germany’s potential labour force is steadily shrinking for demographic reasons.