EZB legt überarbeitete Fassung des Leitfadens zur Beurteilung der fachlichen Qualifikation und persönlichen Zuverlässigkeit und des entsprechenden neuen Fragebogens zur öffentlichen Konsultation vor. Neuerungen dienen der Verbesserung des Gesamtprozesses, der Erläuterung des Diversitätsansatzes der EZB und der Einführung aufsichtlicher Erwartungen zu Klima- und Umweltrisiken. Konsultation beginnt heute und endet am 2. August 2021.

Bonds with coupons linked to sustainability performance targets have become eligible as central bank collateral since the beginning of the year 2021.

“The German economy is overcoming the coronavirus crisis and is poised for the start of a strong upswing,” writes the Bundesbank in its semi-annual projection. The Bundesbank’s economists expect that gross domestic product will reattain its pre-crisis level as early as this summer. It is likely that the rate of inflation will rise strongly to 2.6% in 2021.

The Bundesbank has completed the transfer of its gold reserves from New York and Paris to Frankfurt am Main three years ahead of schedule. This means that the objective of its gold storage plan, which was set out in 2013, has been achieved well in advance. More than half of Germany’s gold reserves are now located in Germany.

The Deutsche Bundesbank sees the German economy poised for the start of a strong upswing. It currently projects economic growth to reach 3.7% this year and 5.2% next year. In 2023, growth in real gross domestic product (GDP) is set to lose momentum, but will still amount to 1.7%.

Das Brutto-Emissionsvolumen am deutschen Rentenmarkt lag im April mit 146,9 Mrd € unter dem Niveau des Vormonats (182,1 Mrd €). Nach Abzug der Tilgungen und bei Berücksichtigung der Eigenbestandsveränderungen der Emittenten wurden im Ergebnis heimische Rentenwerte für 12,4 Mrd € begeben.

In April 2021, Germany’s current account recorded a surplus of €21.3 billion, down €8.7 billion on the previous month’s level. This was driven by the decrease in the goods account surplus and a narrowed surplus on invisible current transactions, comprising primary and secondary income as well as services.