We could be on the verge of a global economic turning point, Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel said in an interview with the weekly newspaper “Die Zeit”. In this situation, we need more Europe, not less. Trump’s proposed trade tariffs could prove very painful for Germany. Should they be implemented, he said, we might even see negative economic growth next year. Mr Nagel considers European monetary policy to be on the right track.

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Speaking at the 34th European Banking Congress in Frankfurt am Main, Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel stressed the need for a united Europe in order to meet the many challenges it faces. In a joint appeal with François Villeroy de Galhau, Governor of the Banque de France, the pair highlighted the importance of strengthening Franco-German dialogue as a tool for European progress.

Informationen zu bereits durchgeführten Trials und Experimenten mit der Trigger Solution im Rahmen der Eurosystem Exploratory Work zur Erprobung neuer Technologien zur Abwicklung DLT-basierter Finanzmarkttransaktionen in Zentralbankgeld.

The National Cash Forum has been established on the initiative of the Bundesbank, the being, as Bundesbank Executive Board member Burkhard Balz put it, to preserve cash as an efficient and widely used means of payment in a changing payment landscape. The forum will facilitate close dialogue between the associations of the banking industry, retail trade, consumer protection, the CIT industry, vending machine operators and the Bundesbank. The industry is set to meet here at least once a year.