Why is inflation so high? Will prices continue to rise? And what influence do the ECB and national central banks like the Bundesbank have on inflation? The answers to these and other important inflation-related questions can be found here.

The Bundesbank’s experts have created a new provisional dataset that can be used to examine wealth and debt developments at the level of individual households in Germany in a timely manner at quarterly intervals. According to this dataset, wealth inequality decreased slightly between 2009 and 2021, but remains high overall. The analysis presented in the current Monthly Report also shows that the rate of return on total assets varies considerably between individual households.