The turn of the year saw Executive Board member Sabine Mauderer take office as Chair of the Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS), a global group of central banks and supervisory authorities committed to forging a more sustainable financial system. The NGFS’s mission is to analyse what climate change and nature loss mean for the financial system

Having risen in the previous three quarters, households’ financial assets fell by €35 billion in the third quarter of 2023, standing at €7,467 billion at the end of the quarter. 

Gegenüber dem Vormonat wies die Leistungsbilanz im November 2023 einen Überschuss von 25 Mrd. € auf nach 32 Mrd. € im Vormonat.

According to preliminary calculations by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), price-adjusted gross domestic product (GDP) in 2023 was 0.3% lower than a year earlier. The calendar-adjusted decline in economic output was 0.1%. According to Destatis, high prices at all stages of the economy dampened economic activity. This was joined by unfavourable financing conditions due to rising interest rates and lower demand from Germany and abroad.