Im ersten Quartal 2022 beliefen sich die gesamten von Versicherungsgesellschaften im Euroraum gehaltenen Aktiva auf 8 911 Mrd € und fielen damit um 329 Mrd € niedriger aus als im vierten Quartal 2021.

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) is based in Basel and was established in 1930. Only central banks and comparable institutions can become members of this, the oldest international financial organisation. The Bundesbank is one of currently 63 members. The Bundesbank president automatically has a seat on the BIS Board of Directors.

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Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel has called on the Governing Council of the ECB to send out a clear message in June about where euro area monetary policy is heading. His view today is that the Governing Council will then, in July, have to take a first interest rate step, followed by more in the second half of the year. “Negative interest rates will soon be a thing of the past,” Dr Nagel stated in an interview with the news magazine “DER SPIEGEL”.