Macroprudential supervision lacks robust, timely and systematic data on the credit standards for mortgages granted to households. These data are vital for identifying risks to financial stability in good time. Following the entry into force of a statutory order in February 2021, the Bundesbank is now planning a data collection exercise aimed at closing these data gaps.

In our everyday lives, we are regularly confronted with terms that carry "interest" in their names. But what exactly are interest rates and what influence do they have? We want to get to the bottom of the most important interest terms and economic interrelationships in this explanatory film.

The German government has decided to mint a €5 collectors’ coin entitled “Swallowtail”, to be issed at 15 June 2023. It is the third coin issued as part of the “Wonderful world of insects” series, which will see a total of nine coins with partially coloured motifs issued over the period 2022-24.

since 1 October 2014
President of the Regional Office in Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland

The issues of the Statistical Supplements up to and including March 2020 can be called up here.

The euro has proven to be a stable currency. The Bundesbank, together with the other central banks in the euro area, makes sure of this. But why is a stable currency so important? The Bundesbank has created an animated film to illustrate why it is important that prices do not rise or fall sharply overall and which role the central bank plays in safeguarding price stability.

According to the general rules for Eurosystem monetary policy instruments and procedures, the outright purchase and sale of securities on the market (outright transactions) are considered standard open market operations within the Eurosystem’s monetary policy framework.