The Money Museum can be visited again since May 25th. Special rules apply to visits in Corona times, which we would like to inform you about here.

Die gesamten von Versicherungsgesellschaften im Euroraum gehaltenen Aktiva erhöhten sich im zweiten Quartal 2020 auf 8 721 Mrd €, verglichen mit 8 442 Mrd € im vorangegangenen Vierteljahr. 

In 2018, individuals in Germany stored an average of €1,364 in cash at home or in a safe deposit box, a study from the Bundesbank’s latest Monthly Report reveals. Research shows that this is mainly the result of financial and practical reasons such as the low interest rate level or the usability of cash as a means of payment. The study did not provide any evidence of tax avoidance as a motive for storing cash. 

We use money every day, taking it for granted in our daily lives. At the same time, money is one of the most important business areas for any central bank. But what exactly is money? What forms does it take, and what are the characteristics that turn something into money? We answer these and other questions in the following animation film.

Die Europäische Zentralbank (EZB) hat mit der kroatischen Zentralbank (Hrvatska narodna banka, HNB) und der rumänischen Zentralbank (Banca Naţională a României, BNR) vereinbart, die jeweiligen Euro-Liquiditätslinien um sechs Monate bis Ende Juni 2021 zu verlängern.