Die Bruttoemissionen am deutschen Rentenmarkt lagen im Mai 2023 mit 168,5 Mrd € deutlich über dem Wert des Vormonats (127,9 Mrd €). Nach Abzug der Tilgungen und unter Berücksichtigung der Eigenbestandsveränderungen der Emittenten stieg der Umlauf heimischer Rentenwerte um 34,0 Mrd €.

Germany’s current account recorded a surplus of €8.9 billion in May 2023, down €13.4 billion on the previous month’s level. This was because invisible current transactions, which comprise services as well as primary and secondary income, switched to a deficit. The surplus in the goods account remained virtually unchanged.

Die aggregierte harte Kernkapitalquote ist im ersten Quartal 2023 auf 15,53 % gestiegen.

The branches of the Bundesbank supply the economy with euro banknotes and coins, and offers private customers the opportunity to exchange D-Mark banknotes and coins free-of-charge and with no fixed deadline.

Upon invitation by the Research Centre, Benjamin M. Friedman, Professor of Political Economy at Harvard University, held a lecture entitled “Central banks’ battle against inflation: Implications for monetary policy”. It was followed by a panel discussion featuring Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel, Fritzi Köhler-Geib (Chief Economist, KfW Group) and Jens Ulbrich (Director General Economics, Deutsche Bundesbank). 

Bis zum 31. August 2023 können die Menschen in Europa ihre Meinung zu einer Vorauswahl von sieben Themen abgeben. Der EZB-Rat wird seine Entscheidung zur Themenauswahl voraussichtlich bis 2024 treffen, 2026 dürfte das finale Design der Banknoten feststehen.

After adjustment for special factors in 2021, the consolidation process in the German banking sector, which has been going on for many years now, continued in 2022. Over the course of the year, the overall number of credit institutions fell by 61 (160 in the previous year) to 1,458.

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