Since September, the Bundesbank provides a new research dataset “Analytical Credit Datasets (AnaCredit) – German Part”. 

The German part of AnaCredit includes data on individual loans reported by credit institutions based in Germany, as well as by foreign branches of German institutions and legally independent institutional units domiciled in Germany, regardless of the location of their parent entities.

As the IMF's sister organisation, the World Bank – like the multilateral development banks whose focus is regional – aims to promote economic development in its less developed member countries by providing financial and technical assistance and sharing knowledge. Developing such countries' financial sectors is an important aspect.

The Governing Council today decided to lower the three key ECB interest rates by 25 basis points. In particular, the decision to lower the deposit facility rate – the rate through which the Governing Council steers the monetary policy stance – is based on its updated assessment of the inflation outlook, the dynamics of underlying inflation and the strength of monetary policy transmission.

Auf Initiative der Deutschen Bundesbank wurde im Februar dieses Jahres das Nationale Bargeldforum gegründet. Das Forum bringt alle relevanten Akteure des Bargeldkreislaufs an einen Tisch und erarbeitet gemeinsam Lösungsideen zu aktuellen Bargeldfragen. Bundesbankvorstand Burkhard Balz stellt die Arbeit und die Ziele des Forums näher vor.

Germany’s current account recorded a surplus of €12.5 billion in October 2024, down €8.8 billion on the previous month’s level. This was caused by the smaller surplus in the goods account and especially by the shift to a deficit in invisible current transactions, which comprise services as well as primary and secondary income.