Maschinelles Lernen, künstliche Intelligenz und der digitale Euro – beim Branchentreffen BaFinTech haben die Bundesbankvorstände Joachim Wuermeling und Burkhard Balz über Chancen und Risiken der Digitalisierung von Bankgeschäften und digitales Zentralbankgeld gesprochen. Das Format BaFinTech richtete sich an Vertreterinnen und Vertreter der Finanzindustrie.

Germany’s current account posted a surplus of €17.6 billion in July 2021, down €5.0 billion on the previous month’s level. Although the surplus in the goods account rose, the surplus in invisible current transactions, which comprise primary and secondary income as well as services, declined significantly.

In July, the surplus in the goods account increased by €1.1 billion on the month to €17.5 billion, with imports of goods contracting more sharply than exports.

Despite the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, euro area enterprises and households have not seen their debt situation deteriorate significantly. This is the conclusion reached by Bundesbank experts after examining developments in greater detail. “The expected normalisation of monetary policy will probably not unduly exacerbate the debt situation of non-financial corporations and households,” they also note in the current edition of the Bank’s Monthly Report