In operational terms, ongoing supervision involves evaluating documentation, reports, annual financial statements and audit as well as inspection reports, requesting of further information and, on the basis of the data collected, assessing the supervised institutions’ current and potential risks. The workload also includes conducting routine and, in consultation with BaFin, ad hoc supervisory meetings with respective institutions.

Mit dem Rollenspiel zur Geldpolitik können Schülerinnen und Schüler der Sekundarstufe II in kleinen Gruppen selbstständig eine geldpolitische Entscheidung treffen (Leitzinssätze erhöhen, beibehalten oder senken) und diese mit den vorliegenden Informationen begründen.

Anyone wishing to conduct one or more of the banking activities specified in the Banking Act on a commercial scale in Germany requires authorisation from the competent supervisory authority.

Die Finanzsanktionen gegen diejenigen, die Gewalttaten der Hamas und des Palästinensischen Islamischen Dschihads unterstützen, erleichtern oder ermöglichen, dienen der Durchführung von Maßnahmen der Europäischen Union. 

The German economy continues to be weak, according to the current issue of the Bundesbank’s Monthly Report. Output in the industrial sector and in construction got off to a sluggish start in the third quarter of 2024 and consumers are holding back on spending. From today’s perspective, real gross domestic product (GDP) could stagnate or decline again somewhat in the third quarter. However, the authors of the article are currently not expecting a recession in the sense of a significant, broad-based and persistent decline in economic output.