Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann says that non-standard monetary policy measures can have a variety of effects on income and wealth distribution. “Much like conventional interest rate policy, the non-standard measures are more likely to have reduced income inequality,” he said in a speech in Hamburg.

Die EZB hat eine Vergleichsstudie über die Anforderungen an notenbankfähige Sicherheiten in unterschiedlichen Sicherheitenrahmen veröffentlicht. Der Bericht vergleicht die Zulassungskriterien von Wertpapieren als refinanzierungsfähige Sicherheiten.

Prof. Dr. Axel A. Weber, President of the Deutsche Bundesbank, Freie Universität Berlin and the Viessmann European Research Centre

According to Yves Mersch, member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank, the Eurosystem's monetary policy is working. However, in remarks made before an audience of Bundesbank students, he warned that, at the same time, it was important to move away from the special situation created by the low interest rate environment as quickly as possible.

Prof. Dr. Axel A. Weber, President of the Deutsche Bundesbank, Keynote speech at the XII Annual Inflation Targeting Seminar of the Banco Central do Brasil

The Deutsche Bundesbank posted a profit of €2.95 billion for the 2014 financial year, compared with €4.59 billion in 2013. Speaking at the financial statements press conference in Frankfurt am Main, Bundesbank­ President Jens Weidmann mainly attributed the year-on-year decline in net profit to the further drop in interest income.

Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann has called on the euro-area countries to embrace fiscal prudence, arguing in a speech in Hamburg that the tighter the fiscal space, the more central banks will come under political pressure to stabilise economic activity in the short run – even if that does mean compromising on price stability.

Here you will find an overview of the most important documents and publications on the specifics of the monetary policy framework and how the Eurosystem implements monetary policy.