However, looking at internal and external conditions, there remain many obstacles for our economy to overcome before fully entering the recovery phase. COVID-19 vaccination has recently started in some countries, but the virus resurgence has not been contained, and a new variant has emerged, making it difficult to predict when this pandemic will come to an end.
Jürgen Stark: Contributions of central bank statistics in a global context Speech by Mr Jürgen Stark, Member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank, at the World Statistics Day, Frankfurt am Main, 20 October 2010. *  *  *  Ladies and gentlemen, The global crisis has demonstrated that high quality statistics are essential.