In the current issue of its Monthly Report, the Bundesbank uses scenario calculations to analyse the potential macroeconomic impact of a further escalation of the war against Ukraine. According to the experts, German real GDP this year could be down by as much as 2% compared with 2021. The inflation rate in Germany in 2022 could be 1½ percentage points higher than expected in the European Central Bank’s March projection.

Das Brutto-Emissionsvolumen am deutschen Rentenmarkt lag im März 2022 mit 162,5 Mrd € deutlich über dem Niveau des Vormonats (127,6 Mrd €). Nach Abzug der Tilgungen und bei Berücksichtigung der Eigenbestandsveränderungen der Emittenten wurden im Ergebnis heimische Rentenwerte für 37,1 Mrd € begeben. 

The German current account recorded a surplus of €18.8 billion in March 2022, down €2.3 billion on the previous month’s level.

Der Absatz von Schuldverschreibungen durch Ansässige im Euro-Währungsgebiet betrug im März 2022 insgesamt 862,1 Mrd €. Bei Tilgungen in Höhe von 724,1 Mrd € ergab sich ein Nettoabsatz im Umfang von 138,0 Mrd €. 

The legal framework for the Eurosystem’s minimum reserve system is enshrined in Article 19 of the Statute of the European System of Central Banks (ESCB Statute), the Council Regulation (EC) on the application of minimum reserves by the European Central Bank and in the ECB Regulation on the application of minimum reserves.

Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel has once again advocated making a timely start on normalising policy rates in the euro area. The risk of acting too late is increasing notably, he said at a conference in Eltville am Rhein. “As inflation in the euro area continues to run high, we need to act,” Mr Nagel urged. “And if both the incoming data and our new projection confirm this view in June, I will advocate a first step [towards] normalising ECB (European Central Bank) interest rates in July.”