Macroprudential measures are intended to make the financial system as a whole more resilient to crises, so that the real economy can be supplied with financial services to an appropriate extent at any time. Capital buffer requirements rank among the most important measures available to regulators. Other instruments are also available in Germany to address systemic risk originating in the real estate market.

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With the theme “Backstage Bundesbank”, the Bundesbank invited the public to its Frankfurt am Main premises for an Open Day last weekend. More than 11,000 visitors came to gain an insight into the tasks of Germany’s central bank.

The Executive Board of the Deutsche Bundesbank did not raise any objections to the nomination of Dr Fritzi Köhler-Geib as a member of the Executive Board. The outcome of the consultation has been communicated to the Bundesrat.

Werden Banknoten oder Münzen mit Bargeldbearbeitungsmaschinen geprüft und anschließend wieder in Umlauf gebracht, sind diese Systeme aufgrund gesetzlicher Vorgaben meldepflichtig.