The Bundesbank regularly investigates the payment behaviour of the population in Germany.

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Digitalisation, in particular, can increase productivity growth: Germany has work to do in this area, Executive Board member Fritzi Köhler-Geib said at a Bundesbank panel discussion. There, she spoke with Kristina Sinemus, Hesse’s Minister for Digitalisation and Innovation, and Claudia Nemat in her capacity as a tech entrepreneur, about boosting economic growth.

Due to the rise in the price of silver, collector coins will not be issued on the planned dates

The Bundesbank’s Executive Board has made a policy decision regarding the central bank’s future location: the Bundesbank is planning to buy a property in Frankfurt that will serve as the site of its Central Office. This decision was preceded by a cost-efficiency assessment conducted by the Bundesbank with external support. 

Landmark session of the Bundesbank’s Executive Board at the Regional Office in Hesse: more than 23 years on from its constituent meeting, the Executive Board gathers for the thousandth time.

The digital euro is intended to complement cash and strengthen Europe’s strategic autonomy in payments, the Bundesbank writes in its latest Monthly Report. Both online and offline payments would be possible with the digital euro. It would introduce the benefits of cash to the digital world without replacing cash.

Germany’s economic substance and its pool of talent and entrepreneurial spirit are immense – these are qualities we can build on, Joachim Nagel stressed in an interview with the “Goslarsche Zeitung” newspaper to mark his speech at the 44th “Goslarsches Pancket”, a social gathering in the historic town of Goslar. Coming together and sharing views was more important than ever right now, given the significant uncertainty caused by the war in the Middle East, the Bundesbank President said. By pulling together, he argued, Europe could make the most of opportunities and thus emerge stronger from this difficult spell.

Der Wage Tracker der Europäischen Zentralbank (EZB), der laufende Tarifverträge erfasst, zeigt für das Jahr 2025 bei Glättung von Einmalzahlungen einen Anstieg der Tariflöhne um 3,2 % (bei einer Abdeckung von 50,7 % der Beschäftigten in den teilnehmenden Ländern) und für 2026 einen Anstieg um 2,3 % an (bei einer Abdeckung von 39,7 %). Der Abdeckungsgrad nimmt über den zukunftsgerichteten Zeithorizont hinweg allmählich ab, da 2026 noch weitere Tarifverträge abgeschlossen werden.

The focus of interest rate statistics is the interest rates applied by domestic banks (MFIs) in Germany and the related volumes of euro-denominated deposits and loans vis-à-vis households and non-financial corporations domiciled in euro-area countries.