Das Projekt Meridian FX liefert den Nachweis, dass Infrastrukturen für Großbetragszahlungen, wie beispielsweise Echtzeit-Brutto-Abwicklungssysteme (RTGS), mithilfe neuer Technologien interagieren können, um Devisentransaktionen durchzuführen. In dem gemeinsamen Projekt der Bank für Internationalen Zahlungsausgleich (BIZ), der Bank of England, der Banque de France, der Banca d’Italia, der Deutschen Bundesbank und der Europäischen Zentralbank wurde untersucht, wie Devisentransaktionen synchronisiert abgewickelt werden können.

In the first quarter of 2025, firms’ assessments of the development of various metrics over the past 12 months were similar to their responses of the previous quarter. When asked how their short-term liquidity had changed over the past 12 months, 34% of firms responded that it had decreased and 21% said that it had increased (previous quarter: 33% and 20%, respectively). The spread between the two figures thus remained unchanged, at 13 percentage points.

In the first quarter of 2025, firms again considered the high level of regulation and government rules to be their greatest challenge in the short term. In March, this was considered to be the greatest challenge by 69% of firms, followed by the poor availability of workers, which was considered to be a serious problem by 55% of firms. In the first quarter of 2025, between 48% and 52% of firms believed high energy prices would be problematic for them going forward. Around 38% of firms said that competitive pressure would pose a challenge over the next six months. By contrast, around 32% believed this would not be a problem for them. 

Die Europäische Zentralbank (EZB) hat heute die unverbindlichen Kalender für die regulären Tenderoperationen und die Mindestreserve-Erfüllungsperioden (MEPs) des Eurosystems im Jahr 2026 veröffentlicht.

In addition to the regularly recurring questions on enterprise metrics, expectations and access to loans, the Bundesbank frequently asks enterprises questions on various current issues. A selection of the results is presented here.

In the first quarter of 2025, slightly more firms than in the fourth quarter of 2024 reported that they had conducted loan negotiations in the respective preceding quarter (Q1 2025: 15%, Q4 2024: 14%). 

Firms’ short-term inflation expectations rose slightly over the course of the first quarter of 2025, from an average of 3.0% in January to 3.1% in March.

Average expectations for the inflation rate both three years ahead and five years ahead amounted to 3.3% in March.

Der EZB-Rat hat beschlossen, die drei Leitzinssätze um jeweils 25 Basispunkte zu senken. Der Beschluss zur Senkung des Zinssatzes für die Einlagefazilität – der Zinssatz, mit dem der EZB-Rat den geldpolitischen Kurs steuert – spiegelt die aktualisierte Beurteilung der Inflationsaussichten, der Dynamik der zugrunde liegenden Inflation und der Stärke der geldpolitischen Transmission durch den EZB-Rat wider. 

The branches of the Bundesbank supply the economy with euro banknotes and coins, and offers private customers the opportunity to exchange D-Mark banknotes and coins free-of-charge and with no fixed deadline.