Experts from 17 countries and the Bundesbank discussed various issues regarding the exchange and shared use of sensitive and granular data and microdata. Real-world applicability was key. The seminar will be held again in 2019.

Die Bruttoemissionen am deutschen Rentenmarkt lagen im August 2024 mit 113,5 Mrd € unter dem Wert des Vormonats (118,6 Mrd €). Nach Berücksichtigung der Tilgungen und der Eigenbestandsveränderungen der Emittenten stieg der Umlauf heimischer Rentenwerte um 7,5 Mrd € (Juli: – 1,2 Mrd €). Ausländische Titel wurden für netto 9,3 Mrd € am deutschen Markt untergebracht, sodass der Umlauf von in- und ausländischen Schuldverschreibungen in Deutschland im Ergebnis um 16,8 Mrd € zunahm. 

Ruth Förtsch, Daniel Nagel, Karin Sagner-Kaiser and Alexander Schwarz are new on the CIC team.

The signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) formally extends the long-standing cooperation between the Deutsche Bundesbank and the Bank of Namibia, which stretches back ten years. Staff training, technical support, benchmarking exercises and staff exchanges are planned.

Ceremonies took place to formally mark two changes of office, each with around 50 guests. The new Bundesbank representatives are Thomas Notheis in Mumbai and Alexander Lieber in São Paulo.

The certificate is self-signed with the SHA-256 algorithm and is valid for twelve years.

Germany’s current account recorded a surplus of €14.4 billion in August 2024, down €3.3 billion on the previous month’s level. This was chiefly attributable to a smaller goods account surplus.

The coronavirus pandemic has forced central banks to make significant strides in their digitalisation efforts. 30 experts came together in an ad hoc expert panel to share their experiences with the digitalisation process. The Bundesbank offered insights into its new InnoWerk lab.

The new online courses have been up and running for three months. Marcus Haas, advisor on banking supervision, gives us a personal insight into the new normal.

EU Twinning light project “Strengthening the capacities of the system for fight against counterfeiting of EUR” in North Macedonia successfully completed.

One year ago, the new Centre for International Central Bank Dialogue was established. Synergies have been harnessed in the field of central bank cooperation by working hand in hand with the Bundesbank’s representatives around the world.

The Representative Office in New York provides an informal atmosphere – Bundesbank staff present their work to American banking and financial experts. To start off: Dr Weigert with the 2018 Financial Stability Review.

A lack of data is making it very difficult to estimate probabilities of default. Experts from 13 countries discussed different approaches, from the factoring in of certain variables to the development of algorithms. Only time will tell which of these will win out in practice.

All course information in one place – from registration to feedback.

Following many online courses over the past two years, the “Introduction to the Basel Framework” course was held in Frankfurt as a face-to-face event in April. Marcus Haas, advisor on banking supervision, reports on how it went and the advantages and disadvantages of in-person courses.

The Centre for International Central Bank dialogue welcomes the University’s international outlook and values our close collaboration.

Starting in June, you will be able to participate in our new web-seminars each week. Sign up now – the number of participants is limited.

A Memorandum of Understanding has been signed between the Deutsche Bundesbank and the People’s Bank of China.

The certificate is signed with the SHA-256 algorithm by the Bundesbank Root CA 2017 Advanced and is valid for six years.

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