At the beginning of November, Fritzi Köhler-Geib was appointed as new member of the Executive Board. The Executive Board has therefore reallocated its areas of responsibility. The following allocation of responsibilities shall apply with immediate effect.

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.

„Ich habe großen Respekt vor der persönlichen Entscheidung von François Villeroy de Galhau, nach elf Jahren treuer und engagierter Arbeit für das Gemeinwohl Frankreichs und Europas als Präsident der Banque de France zurückzutreten.“

German banks tightened their credit standards for loans to enterprises in the fourth quarter of 2025 to an extent not seen since 2023. This is revealed by the Bundesbank's most recent round of the Bank Lending Survey. The banks pointed to the renewed rise in credit risk as the reason for this tightening.

The Bundesbank brings its expertise to numerous European and international bodies and organisations in which issues concerning financial stability and the financial and monetary system are analysed and policy measures are coordinated.

The G20 is currently considered the main forum for international economic cooperation and is therefore at the heart of multilateral financial diplomacy. Since its inception in 1999, the G20 has primarily focused on managing financial crises, strengthening the financial sectors of emerging market countries, enhancing the Bretton Woods institutions and developing growth strategies.

The Governing Council today decided to keep the three key ECB interest rates unchanged. Its updated assessment reconfirms that inflation should stabilise at its 2 % target in the medium term.