High inflation is certainly placing a heavy strain on families, firms and our economies as a whole, said Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel in a joint interview with François Villeroy de Galhau, Governor of the Banque de France. Referring to the ECB Governing Council´s aim of achieving an inflation rate of 2% in the euro area in the medium term, Nagel emphasized: “We need to rein in inflation.”

Neue experimentelle und analytische Indikatoren sollen dazu beitragen, klimabezogene Risiken im Finanzsektor zu analysieren und die ökologische Transition zu beobachten. EZB und nationale Zentralbanken streben an, die Indikatoren weiter zu verbessern, um sie in Einklang mit den Qualitätsstandards der offiziellen EZB-Statistiken zu bringen.

Efficient and secure payment systems are the foundation of a stable financial system.

In Deutschland bezahlen Kundinnen und Kunden im Einzelhandel am schnellsten mit dem Smartphone oder der Smartwatch. Eine Zahlung dauert damit durchschnittlich 14 Sekunden. Dies geht aus einer aktuellen Erhebung der Deutschen Bundesbank zur Bezahlgeschwindigkeit verschiedener Zahlungsmittel hervor.

In the final quarter of 2022, real gross domestic product is likely to have more or less stagnated, and thus exceeded previous expectations,” the Monthly Report states. Although high inflation and uncertainty surrounding the war in Ukraine weighed on the economy, the situation in the energy markets eased markedly compared with the third quarter. This, coupled with the government covering advance payments for gas bills, led to a distinct weakening in consumer price dynamics in December. However, prices for non-energy components such as food and industrial goods continued to increase sharply, according to the report.