Die Europäische Zentralbank (EZB) hat heute eine Studie zu den Umweltauswirkungen der Euro-Banknoten als Zahlungsmittel veröffentlicht. Demnach beliefen sich die mit Banknotenzahlungen verbundenen Umweltauswirkungen im Jahr 2019 auf durchschnittlich 101 Mikropunkte (µPt) je Person im Euroraum. 

The CIC has a new deputy head and five employees have started working for the Bundesbank abroad – in Brussels, Istanbul and Beijing.

The House of the Euro was inaugurated by ECB President Christine Lagarde, eight central bank governors and the entire ECB Executive Board as a place for cooperation in Brussels between the European Central Bank, the Bundesbank and other central banks.

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The G20 is currently considered the main forum for international economic cooperation and is therefore at the heart of multilateral financial diplomacy. Since its inception in 1999, the G20 has primarily focused on managing financial crises, strengthening the financial sectors of emerging market countries, enhancing the Bretton Woods institutions and developing growth strategies.

The Bundesbank and the Joint Vienna Institute discussed monetary policy issues with experts from 12 different countries. The topics of climate change and digitalisation raised many questions.

As part of the Bundesbank Invited Speakers Series, Beatrice Weder di Mauro held a talk entitled “Still too big to fail? The need for reform after the demise of Credit Suisse”. She was invited by the Bundesbank’s Research Centre, whose director, Falko Fecht, hosted the proceedings.  

Karin Sagner-Kaiser of the CIC and Prof. Andreas Igl of the Bundesbank’s University of Applied Sciences were at the Bank of Mauritius. They explained the Basel III reform in detail to an audience of around 60 people working in banking supervision and at credit institutions. 

The Bank Al-Maghrib and the Deutsche Bundesbank held a seminar in Rabat, at which 40 participants addressed current issues relating to financial stability over three days.

Registration is now open for the new international central banking courses in 2024. 44 courses are on offer. We have added two online series on the topics of climate change and the digital euro.