We offer employees from our partner central banks and supervisory authorities a wide range of opportunities for bilateral cooperation. In the following video, you find an overview of the possible forms of cooperation.

On 11 January 2022 the Bundesbank bid farewell to its current President, Jens Weidmann, and welcomed Joachim Nagel as the tenth President of the Bundesbank. The ceremony marking the change of office was streamed live on the Bundesbank’s website and on YouTube. Alongside Mr Nagel and his predecessor Weidmann, speakers included Bundesbank Vice President Claudia Buch, ECB President Christine Lagarde and Federal Finance Minister Christian Lindner. 

18. – 19.06.2025 | 9th Annual Macroprudential Conference | Amsterdam

Asset purchases can be a monetary policy measure to raise the inflation rate to the desired level in a low interest rate environment. The following film explains how this works.

The German economy will experience a setback in the final quarter of 2021 and the first quarter of 2022 on account of the pandemic, but is set to pick up significant momentum again in spring of next year. “The upswing has been slightly delayed,” said Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann at the presentation of his institution’s current projections. According to these projections, gross domestic product will increase by 2.5% this year – less strongly than anticipated back in June – in light of the dip in growth. Over the next two years, calendar adjusted economic growth will then rebound to 4.2% and 3.2%, respectively.