Der gewichtete Indikator der Kreditfinanzierungskosten für neue Kredite an Unternehmen blieb mit 1,51 % konstant und jener für neue Wohnungsbaukredite an private Haushalte mit 1,33 % weitgehend unverändert.

The Bundesbank is not distributing a profit to the Federal Government for 2020 – for the first time since 1979. The main reason was the greater level of risk provisioning, Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann explained at the press conference to present the annual accounts in Frankfurt am Main. In the previous year, the Bundesbank distributed a profit of €5.9 billion. On the whole, the emergency monetary policy measures taken in response to the coronavirus pandemic are having a noticeable impact on the Bundesbank’s balance sheet.