A recent Bundesbank study looks at how cash will be used in the future. It outlines three different scenarios for cash payments in 2037. “The idea of the future scenarios is to help set the right course so that cash remains generally available and accepted as an attractive means of payment and store of value going forward,” explained Burkhard Balz as he introduced the study.

Der gewichtete Indikator der Kreditfinanzierungskosten für neue Kredite an Unternehmen blieb mit 5,22 % weitgehend unverändert. Der entsprechende Indikator für neue Wohnungsbaukredite an private Haushalte sank um 10 Basispunkte auf 3,87 %. Diese Entwicklung war auf den Zinseffekt zurückzuführen.

The outstanding amounts of assets and liabilities resulting from the Bundesbank's financial accounts can be presented in the form of financial balance sheets for the institutional sectors.

From now on, the Bundesbank will also publish the ten-year averages for discount interest rates pursuant to section 253 (2) of the German Commercial Code each month.

The Bundesbank’s RPS SEPA-Clearer provides a competitively neutral, high-performance and cost-effective payment procedure for the processing of SEPA payments. When processing submitted payments, a distinction is made between SEPA credit transfers and SEPA direct debits, as well as  SCC card payment.

In addition to the numismatic collection, there is also a specialist library which is universal in its chronological and geographical scope. It is a reference library only and is open to the public by appointment.

On this page you will find legal basis on reports in banking statistics

Procedural rules for payment systems of the Deutsche Bundesbank are available here.

Thomas has been with Deutsche Bundesbank since 1991 and tells us how he got his job with us and how the bank promotes diversity and inclusion.