*  *  *  Accompanying charts can be found at the end of the speech or on the Bank of Japan’s website. Introduction It is a great honor for me to contribute to the Joint IMF-Bank Indonesia Conference.
3 [The number of EU workers residing in another EU country rose from 4.7 million in 2005 to 8 million in 2013, representing an increase from 2.1% to 3.3% of the total labour force.] The crisis boosted intra-EU mobility. Some studies suggest that the migration response to the crisis might have been even stronger in the EU than in the United States.