We provide teachers with selected infographics from the student book "Geld und Geldpolitik" (Money and Monetary Policy) for download. These can easily be inserted into teaching materials designed by the teacher.

Helmut Schlesinger was president of Germany’s central bank from 1991 to 1993 and is considered a guardian of the culture of stability. This was a culture he established not just within the Bundesbank, but throughout society, Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel writes in an op-ed article in the business daily “Börsen-Zeitung”.

With effect from Monday, 2 September 2024, Dr Sabine Mauderer was appointed First Deputy Governor of the Bundesbank. Furthermore, Lutz Lienenkämper and Michael Theurer joined the Bundesbank’s Executive Board. The responsibilities within the Executive Board have therefore been reallocated. The following reallocation of responsibilities comes into effect

Cash remains the most frequently used means of payment at the point of sale in Germany. This is one of the findings of the Bundesbank’s latest study on payment behaviour in Germany for 2023. However, card and mobile payments are gaining significant ground, while the share of cash payments is declining. Although this decline is no longer as pronounced as during the coronavirus pandemic, the share of cash payments is falling faster than in previous years,” said Executive Board member Burkhard Balz.

As part of the Bundesbank Invited Speaker Series, Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel discussed economic resilience, i.e. adaptability, with economics professor Markus Brunnermeier. One question they considered was whether an effective and rule-based monetary policy can be adaptable. The event was moderated by Falko Fecht, head of the Bundesbank’s Research Centre.

Der gewichtete Indikator der Kreditfinanzierungskosten für neue Kredite an Unternehmen lag weitgehend stabil bei 5,06 %, während der entsprechende Indikator für neue Wohnungsbaukredite an private Haushalte aufgrund des Zinseffekts um 4 Basispunkte auf 3,75 % sank.

Vom Eintritt bis zum Ausscheiden begleitet Timo die Mitarbeiter*innen in München in allen personalwirtschaftlichen Belangen. Die Bundesbank – im stetigen Wandel hin zu einer modernen Behörde – bietet ihm dabei viele Möglichkeiten.

Private Haushalte haben oft andere Inflationserwartungen als die offiziell erfassten Inflationsraten. Ihre Wahrnehmung werde vor allem durch Einkaufserfahrungen oder Familie und Freunde geprägt, weniger durch klassische Medien, stellte Michael Weber, Professor of Finance an der University of Chicago Booth School of Business im Rahmen der „Bundesbank Invited Speakers Series“ vor. Was das für die Kommunikation und Geldpolitik von Zentralbanken bedeutet, diskutierte er im Anschluss mit Bundesbankpräsident Joachim Nagel. Moderiert wurde die Veranstaltung von Falko Fecht, Leiter des Forschungszentrums der Bundesbank. 

The Bundesbank has now launched the digital exhibition “From Brutus to Brandt – Coins as eyewitness and testament to our past”, which provides insight into the role that coins play as communicators of historical events.