The Bundesbank is making its Central Office in Frankfurt am Main fit for the future. The Bundesbank launched an ideas competition for the design of the future campus back in 2018, inviting submissions from architects across Europe. Its Executive Board chose the design pitched by Frankfurt-based architecture firm Ferdinand Heide Architekten.

In der aktuellen Ausgabe informieren wir Sie unter anderem über den Start der Erprobungsphase für die Abwicklung DLT-basierter Transaktionen in Zentralbankgeld, den Wechsel an der Spitze der Abteilung Z 3 und geben ein Statusupdate zu ECMS. 

Central banks ought to incorporate climate scenarios into their economic models and forecasting methods, said Executive Board member Sabine Mauderer following the publication of new NGFS reports.

The Eurosystem's emergency purchase programe (PEPP) should be temporary in nature and clearly linked to the crisis.

26. – 27.06.2024 | 8th Annual Macroprudential Conference | Eltville am Rhein

According to the latest Bundesbank projections, the German economy will recover following a deep recession in the second quarter of this year. Economic output is estimated to shrink by 7% in 2020, but in the next two years, real gross domestic product (GDP) will then increase by 3 to 4% per year.

“German economic output underwent a massive decline in the first quarter of 2020 owing to the COVID-19 pandemic and the measures taken to contain it,” the Bundesbank notes in the current issue of the Monthly Report. Since these measures were still in place in April and substantial restrictions are likely to persist in spite of an easing in some cases, the experts expect economic output in the second quarter to be significantly lower still.