Der Bruttoabsatz am deutschen Rentenmarkt lag im Januar 2026 mit 156,2 Mrd € deutlich über dem Wert des Vormonats (55,9 Mrd €). 

Wie wird aus einer volkswirtschaftlichen Ausbildung eine Karriere bei der Zentralbank? Vanessa erzählt, wie sie über internationale Stationen zur Bundesbank kam, warum sie ihre Arbeit als gesellschaftlichen Beitrag versteht und wie sie heute an zentralen Konjunktur- und Prognosefragen für Deutschland mitarbeitet.

The Bundesbank identified just under 68,000 counterfeit euro banknotes in German payments in 2025. This represented a 6.1 % decrease in counterfeit banknotes year on year. 

Das Eurosystem hat heute eine Roadmap für Appia veröffentlicht. Appia ist eine strategische Initiative zur Gestaltung eines tokenisierten Finanzökosystems in Europa, in dem Zentralbankgeld weiterhin eine zentrale Rolle einnimmt. Ziel ist es, das Eurosystem sowie Akteure aus dem öffentlichen und privaten Sektor zusammenzubringen, um integrierte, innovative und widerstandsfähige tokenisierte Finanzmärkte in Europa aufzubauen.

The Deutsche Bundesbank maintains securities accounts and collateral pools (collateral accounts) in its local collateral management system, which are used for the collateralisation of other transactions such as BBk own-account transactions and deposit protection.

In the fourth quarter of 2025, slightly fewer firms than in the third quarter reported that they had conducted loan negotiations in the respective quarter prior to the survey period (Q4: 14.6 %, Q3: 15.7 %).

In the fourth quarter of 2025, 29 % of firms expected their short-term liquidity to decline over the next 4 months, while 16 % expected their liquidity to increase. An unchanged 29 % of firms anticipated a higher need for credit financing, while 15 % of firms expected a decline in their need for credit financing. 20 % of firms expected their access to finance to decrease, whereas 9 % of firms anticipated increased access, as in the previous quarter.

In the fourth quarter of 2025, 35 % of firms reported a decline in their short-term liquidity over the previous 12 months. By contrast, an unchanged 19 % of firms recorded an increase in their liquidity. The need for credit financing rose for 27 % of firms, but fell for 18 % of firms. 22 % of firms reported decreased access to financing sources, whilst a further 7 % reported an improvement in this regard.

In addition to the regularly recurring questions on enterprise metrics, expectations and access to loans, the Bundesbank frequently asks enterprises questions on various current issues. A selection of the results is presented here.

Firms’ short-term inflation expectations remained stable between 2.8 % and 2.9 % over the course of the fourth quarter of 2025. The median remained unchanged at 2.5 %.