Eike verbindet IT, Statistik und Teamwork – ein vielseitiger Karriereweg bei der Bundesbank.

Für die Durchführung der Bankenaufsicht ist es von großer Bedeutung, dass die gemeldeten Daten konsistent und korrekt sind. Die EZB hat für die einheitliche Aufsicht im SSM Anforderungen an die Datenqualität formuliert.

Kultur im Fokus: Frankfurt ist nicht nur Finanz-, sondern auch Kulturmetropole. Das möchten wir in diesem Format unterstreichen und rücken neben klassischen Bundesbankthemen Musik, Poetry Slam und Co. in den Mittelpunkt. 

Terms and conditions in connection with the CAP

Die aggregierte Summe der Aktiva der Kreditinstitute mit Sitz in der EU erhöhte sich von 31,92 Bio. € im Dezember 2023 auf 32,97 Bio. € im Dezember 2024, was einer Zunahme um 3,30 % entspricht.

In March 2024, the ECB Governing Council approved changes to the Eurosystem’s operational framework for implementing monetary policy. The Bundesbank’s economists provide an overview of the adjustments and an outlook for the review of the technical design in 2026 in the current issue of the Monthly Report. 

In April 2025, Germany’s current account recorded a surplus of €23.5 billion, down €9.4 billion on the previous month’s level. This was attributable to smaller surpluses in the goods account and especially in invisible current transactions, which comprise services as well as primary and secondary income.

The Eurosystem conducts liquidity-providing USD-operations with a maturity of one week.

To collateralise all credit operations, the Eurosystem requires counterparties to provide adequate eligible assets in accordance with Article 18.1 of the Statute of the European System of Central Banks (ESCB). Assets need to fulfil a number of criteria to be accepted as eligible collateral by the Eurosystem. 

The labour cost index measures developments in labour costs per man-hour worked and is harmonised across Europe. It indicates from a cost perspective the risks to price stability and contributes to the location and competition analyses in a European comparison.

Monetary policy meets urban policy – this was the theme of a podium discussion with Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel and Sven Schulze, Mayor of Chemnitz, that took place as part of festivities celebrating “Chemnitz 2025”. The two answered questions from visitors and the moderator on the topics of inflation, the digital euro and economic growth.