According to the current issue of the Bundesbank’s Monthly Report, consumer prices in Germany and worldwide are continuing to rise extraordinarily sharply. While Germany’s economy remains in the grip of the Omicron variant, very robust demand is likely to see GDP “rebound strongly in the second quarter, provided the pandemic subsides and the supply bottlenecks continue to ease,” write the Bank’s experts. 

Im Hinblick auf wertpapierbesicherte Finanzierungen berichteten die Umfrageteilnehmer von einer anhaltenden Lockerung der Finanzierungsbedingungen.

House prices in German towns and cities rose by 7% in 2021, which was a somewhat brisker rate of growth than in 2020.

Members of the European System of Central Banks (ESCB), including the Bundesbank, have renewed their Statements of Commitment to the FX Global Code. The Code, which aims to promote a robust, fair, liquid, open and appropriately transparent foreign exchange market, was updated and expanded in July 2021. According to an ECB press release “With these Statements of Commitment, the members of the ESCB emphasise that the principles of the Code are important in ensuring the continued integrity and effective functioning of the foreign exchange market.”

Am 27. Januar 2022 genehmigte der EZB-Rat einen harmonisierten Ansatz für den Zugang zu Innertageskrediten in TARGET2 und Auto-collateralisation in TARGET2-Securities für zugelassene Geschäftspartner des Eurosystems, deren Zugang zu geldpolitischen Geschäften aufgrund von Risikoerwägungen oder nach einem Ausfall beschränkt wurde.