Financers, the real economy and science will need to forge stronger networks to help today’s start-ups become tomorrow’s groundbreaking champions, says Sabine Mauderer.

The German banks responding to the Bank Lending Survey (BLS) once again tightened their credit standards for loans to enterprises somewhat in the first quarter of 2021. Standards remained unchanged for loans to households for house purchase, and they were eased marginally for consumer credit and other lending to households.

Many German enterprises have seen their production and business activity decline amid the coronavirus pandemic. There are major differences between the individual sectors, however, as a representative survey of more than 30,000 firms in Germany reveals. The Bundesbank has published the results of the four survey waves held in 2020 and 2021 in its latest Monthly Report.

Economic output in Germany declined in the first quarter of this year, according to the latest edition of the Bundesbank’s Monthly Report. Many services sectors suffered larger losses than in the previous quarter due to containment measures being tightened and prolonged. In addition, the upturn in industrial output was not sustained in the first two months.

Die Europäische Zentralbank (EZB) hat heute die Ergebnisse ihrer gezielten Überprüfung interner Modelle (Targeted Review of Internal Models – TRIM) veröffentlicht. Große und komplexer strukturierte Banken nutzen meist interne Modelle, um einen Teil ihrer risikogewichteten Aktiva zu bestimmen. Diese Kennzahl dient Banken als Grundlage für die Ermittlung ihres Eigenkapitalbedarfs.

Die Leistungsbilanz wies im Februar 2021 einen Überschuss von 26 Mrd € auf (nach 35 Mrd € im Vormonat).