This year’s “Banking supervision in dialogue” symposium centred around the competitiveness of Germany’s banking sector, the way forward for banking regulation, and the impact of technological and geopolitical trends. Hosted by Corinna Egerer and Philipp Otto, this industry event in Frankfurt am Main brought together around 800 representatives from the supervisory and banking communities.

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.

Die Europäische Zentralbank (EZB) hat heute ihren jüngsten Bericht über die Integration der Finanzmärkte und die Struktur des Finanzsektors im Euroraum veröffentlicht. Demnach hat sich die Finanzmarktintegration im Euroraum seit Ende 2022 spürbar verbessert. Grund hierfür sind die robuste Funktionsfähigkeit der Märkte sowie Fortschritte an den Anleihe-, Aktien- und Bankenmärkten.

The National Accounts (SNA) describe in a quantitative manner the economic situation of a regional unit within a specified period.

Since 1998 financial services institutions have been supervised according to the same rules as credit institutions and also require authorisation.

on the topic of balance of payments

on the topic of Direct investments