Jörg Asmussen: Reintegrating financial markets Speech by Mr Jörg Asmussen, Member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank, at the General Assembly of the European Savings Banks Group, Berlin, 14 June 2013. *  *  *  Gentlemen, Thank you for inviting me to speak today. Let me start by reviewing briefly the overall economic situation in the euro area.
In fact, we should bear in mind  10 11  International Monetary Fund (2018): World Economic Outlook, April. World Bank (2018): Global Economic Prospects, June. 8  that the challenges faced by the world economy today are mostly a result of actions undertaken in AEs.