Inflation this year is going to be noticeably higher than we were expecting it to be before the war in the Middle East broke out, Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel told the RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland (RND) media network in an interview. How high inflation turns out to be mainly depended on how long the Strait of Hormuz remained blocked, he added. If the outlook doesn’t improve noticeably, I would expect us to raise interest rates in June, Nagel said, pointing to the geopolitical situation and rising energy prices.

The Commercial Real Estate Price Index (GIP) was developed through a collaboration between vdpResearch and the Deutsche Bundesbank and is based on transaction data reported to vdpResearch by a large number of banks regarding their financing activities.

The nominal effective exchange rates of the euro condense bilateral exchange rates against multiple countries into a single index. As an aggregate, they capture changes in euro exchange rates against various groups of currencies of key trading partners.

Interessierten Unternehmen bietet die Bundesbank auch unabhängig von der refinanzierungsbezogenen Bonitätsprüfung eine detaillierte Bilanzanalyse an.

Für die Portraitreihe „Unterwegs mit…“ des ZDF‑Morgenmagazins hat Reporter Cherno Jobatey Bundesbankpräsident Nagel beim Wocheneinkauf begleitet. Im Interview diskutierten sie darüber, warum Preise steigen, Bargeld weiterhin unverzichtbar bleibt und der digitale Euro Europas Souveränität stärken würde. Der Bundesbankpräsident verriet außerdem, was er gerne in seiner Freizeit macht. 

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