Paying with cash or a debit card is the cheapest payment method for consumers in Germany. Cash incurs the lowest costs per payment transaction, while debit cards are cheapest in relation to the amount of money spent. Paying with a credit card is in any case considerably more expensive. These are the conclusions drawn by a study entitled “Costs of cash and card payments from a consumer perspective”, which was carried out on behalf of the Deutsche Bundesbank.

The European sovereign debt crisis was characterised by the fact that some euro area countries, owing to their high levels of debt – caused in part by efforts to counter the consequences of the global financial crisis – experienced difficulties refinancing their debt and, in some cases, lost access to capital market funding. In order to protect monetary policy transmission and safeguard sufficient liquidity provision for the financial system, the ECB Governing Council adopted various non-standard measures during the course of the crisis that went beyond the scope of the usual operational framework at that time.

In an interview with the news magazine Focus, Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel talks about how inflation will develop over the next few years and what the change in US presidency could mean for Europe. He also explains the advantages of the digital euro for both retailers and customers.

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.

Am 6. Januar 2011 beschloss der EZB-Rat, seine monatliche Mitteilung "Beschlüsse des EZB-Rats (ohne Zinsbeschlüsse)" ab Januar 2011 in allen Amtssprachen der EU auf den Websites der EZB und der nationalen Zentralbanken des ESZB zu veröffentlichen.

Bundesbank Executive Board member Burkhard Balz calls for Europe to become more independent where the critical infrastructure of payments is concerned.

At the end of 2023, Germany’s net external assets totalled €2,964 billion, thus amounting to just over 70% of Germany’s nominal gross domestic product (GDP). Overall, both assets and liabilities vis-à-vis non-residents rose further in 2023.