Franz-Josef Benedikt steps down as President of the Bundesbank’s Regional Office in Bavaria and is succeeded by Reinhold Vollbracht, who previously headed a strategic office in the Directorate General Banking and Financial Supervision. Mr Benedikt retires at the end of July after serving in various positions during a 36-year career at the Bundesbank.

Im Mai 2022 lag das Emissionsvolumen am deutschen Rentenmarkt mit einem Bruttoabsatz von 137,6 Mrd € leicht über dem Wert des Vormonats (129,0 Mrd €). Nach Abzug der gesunkenen Tilgungen und unter Berücksichtigung der Eigenbestandsveränderungen der Emittenten wurden inländische Schuldverschreibungen für netto 23,9 Mrd € begeben.

Germany’s current account recorded a surplus of €2.5 billion in May 2022, down €6.4 billion on the previous month’s level. Although the surplus in the goods account increased, this was outweighed by the sharp shift into a deficit for invisible current transactions, which comprise services as well as primary and secondary income.