Im Jahr 2017 hat die Bundesbank eine umfangreiche Studie zur Geschichte der Reichsbank, der Bank deutscher Länder und der frühen Bundesbank beauftragt. Was waren die Herausforderungen bei diesem Projekt? In welchem Kontext bewegt es sich? Und welche wesentlichen Erkenntnisse hat es zutage gefördert? Ein Interview mit den wissenschaftlichen Leitern, Magnus Brechtken und Albrecht Ritschl.

The Deutsche Bundesbank has taken receipt of a comprehensive study on the history of central banking in Germany between the years 1924 and 1970. The large-scale research project entitled “From the Reichsbank to the Bundesbank” looks into the history of the Reichsbank as the central bank during the Nazi era as well as investigating continuities in terms of personnel after the central banks Bank deutscher Länder and Deutsche Bundesbank were established after the war.

The German government has decided to mint a €2 collectors’ coin commemorating the Bundesrat (the second house of Parliament). It was issued on 29 January 2019.

Introducing our newcomers: Marie-Therese Gold, head of the Bundesbank’s representative office in Brussels, Nikola Marcinko, the Bundesbank’s first representative in Riga, Ezgi Delikanli, representative in London, Andreas Gauf and Philipp Täufer on the Frankfurt team. 

The German government has decided to mint a €5 collectors’ coin entitled “Great green bush-cricket", to be issed at 7 March 2024. It is the sixth coin issued as part of the “Wonderful world of insects” series, which will see a total of nine coins with partially coloured motifs issued over the period 2022-24.

The German government has decided to issue the next €2 commemorative coin in its "Federal States" series as of 2018 March 3rd, this time dedicated to the German federal state of Berlin (motif: Charlottenburg Palace).

Broschüre mit Abbildungen der nationalen Münzseiten und der deutschen Sammlermünzen.

Die Broschüre stellt alle Banknoten der Europa-Serie von 5 Euro bis 200 Euro und deren Sicherheitsmerkmale vor. Gemeinsamkeiten und Unterschiede zur ersten Euro-Serie werden dargestellt. Zudem wird über die geplante dritte Banknotenserie informiert.

Germany’s current account recorded a surplus of €29.7 billion in January 2024, down €1.9 billion on the previous month’s level. The goods account surplus increased significantly, but this was outweighed by a stronger decline in the surplus in invisible current transactions, which comprise services as well as primary and secondary income.