But the unique European construction is still hard for outsiders to fathom, even those who invest in our financial markets and our currency. So we must make a special effort to communicate better, to make our institutions and procedures more transparent, and to put an end to destabilizing speculative attacks.
Even though the longest economic recovery in the post-war era has been achieved and demand has increased to such a degree that firms suffer from labor shortage more acute than during the bubble period, not a few firms have expressed cautious views about the future.