Fledgling businesses often will not know whether their business model needs to be authorised pursuant to the Banking Act or the Payment Services Oversight Act, which is why they are invited to discuss any issues which might arise in this regard with staff at the Bundesbank's Regional Offices and Central Office.

Die Finanzsanktionen zur Bekämpfung schwerer Menschenrechtsverletzungen und -verstöße dienen der Durchführung von Maßnahmen der Europäischen Union.

In the third quarter of 2024, German households’ financial assets grew by €197 billion, closing the quarter at a new record high of €9,004 billion. This is a continuation of the uninterrupted growth trend that has lasted since end-2023.

Following the entry into force of the revised Foreign Trade and Payments Regulation (AWV) on 1 September 2013, all external reports from enterprises, banks, public authorities and individuals must, as a general rule, be submitted in electronic format to the Bundesbank directly.

The Bundesbank registered roughly 72,400 counterfeit euro banknotes in German payments in 2024. Thus, the number of counterfeits was up by 28 % compared with the previous year. At the same time, however, the loss arising from counterfeiting went down. Overall, the incidence of counterfeit money remains moderate in scale: statistically speaking, in 2024 there were nine counterfeit banknotes per 10,000 inhabitants, said Burkhard Balz, member of the Bundesbank’s Executive Board.

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The Bundesbank Online Panel Households (BOP-HH) is a online survey of German citizens aged 16 years or older. It collects e.g. information on individuals’ expectations regarding the development of inflation, house prices and interest rates in Germany as well as their past and planned expenditures and socio-demographic characteristics.

In 2015 the Riksbank took the initiative to hold an annual conference on macroprudential policy.

The survey collects relevant information about respondents' financial literacy, financial inclusion and socio-demographics.

Zweitbestes Rating für Vermögenswerte des privaten Sektors. Änderungen treten frühestens in 18 Monaten (gerechnet ab dem heutigen Tag) in Kraft, um die technische Umsetzung zu gewährleisten. Für Vermögenswerte des öffentlichen Sektors im Euroraum wird weiterhin das beste Rating herangezogen.
 

Am 23. Januar 2025 genehmigte der EZB-Rat, dass die zwischen der EZB und den Zentralbanken von acht Ländern außerhalb des Euroraums vereinbarten Repo-Linien bis zum 31. Januar 2027 verlängert werden. Dabei handelt es sich um die Zentralbanken von Ungarn, Rumänien, Albanien, Nordmazedonien, San Marino, Montenegro und Kosovo sowie um die Finanzbehörde von Andorra. 

According to the current issue of the Bundesbank’s Monthly Report, German economic output fell surprisingly significantly in the fourth quarter of 2024. The main reasons for this were declining exports and weak industrial output, especially in the automotive sector, while private and government consumption expenditure rose. The labour market outlook also suggests a continued cooldown.

2024 wurden etwa 554 000 gefälschte Euro-Banknoten aus dem Verkehr gezogen – der Anteil der Fälschungen am gesamten Banknotenumlauf ist niedrig.