Im Mai 2023 wies die Leistungsbilanz einen Überschuss von 9 Mrd. € auf (nach einem Plus von 4 Mrd. € im Vormonat).

Economist in the Research Centre since 2001

How might payments in the financial industry be made in future? The latest edition of the Bundesbank’s Monthly Report outlines various possible options in a world in which distributed ledger technology (DLT) is increasingly being used to settle transactions between banks. Central bank money must remain the number one choice for large-value payments, according to the Bank’s experts, though that does not necessarily mean that central bank digital currency needs to be provided directly in a DLT network setup. Nor does it entirely rule out the use of other forms of money. 

Stabilität im Wandel? Christina Frenzel führt eine Arbeitseinheit in der IT in Zeiten der Veränderung und schätzt dennoch die Stabilität, die ihr der Arbeitgeber Bundesbank bietet.

German economic output is likely to have gone up slightly again in the second quarter of 2023, according to the Monthly Report. Private consumption has stabilised after previously having fallen. According to the experts, the fact that the labour market remained in good shape, wages rose sharply and price inflation did not continue to accelerate contributed to this development. Meanwhile, the decline in foreign demand was a drag on industry and the rise in funding costs dampened domestic investment. The Bundesbank is expecting the economy to recover haltingly later in the year.