The Eurosystem should not maintain its current accommodative monetary policy stance indefinitely, Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann says. Speaking at an event in Leipzig, he said it is legitimate to ask whether it would not have been better to set a clear end-date for the recently extended asset purchase programme.

Bundesbank Vice-President Claudia Buch has spoken out regarding the financial market reforms that were initiated in the wake of the financial crisis and the need to assess their long-term effects on the economy as a whole. Professor Buch gave a presentation on financial stability in Munich to mark the Bundesbank’s 60th anniversary.

The Bundesbank has completed its gold transfer process earlier than originally planned. After the gold in New York was able to be transferred ahead of schedule in 2016, roughly 91 tonnes of gold still remained in Paris. This was relocated to Frankfurt this year and as a result, there are no longer any German gold reserves in Paris.

Die Jahreswachstumsrate des Umlaufs an von Ansässigen im Euro-Währungsgebiet begebenen Schuldverschreibungen belief sich im September 2017 auf 1,1 % gegenüber 1,3 % im Vormonat. Die Jahreswachstumsrate des Umlaufs an von Ansässigen im Euro-Währungsgebiet emittierten börsennotierten Aktien betrug im September 2017 0,9 % nach 0,8 % im August.

By 2025, the Bundesbank aims to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions associated with its use of resources by 25 per cent. The latest environmental report shows how the Bank has once again moved a step closer to achieving its goal.

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Im September 2017 lag das Emissionsvolumen am deutschen Rentenmarkt mit einem Brutto-absatz von 83,6 Mrd € leicht unter dem Wert des Vormonats (87,8 Mrd €).

Die deutsche Leistungsbilanz verzeichnete im September 2017 einen Überschuss von 25,4 Mrd €. Das Ergebnis lag um 7,5 Mrd € über dem Niveau des Vormonats.

In the assessment of Bundesbank Executive Board member Andreas Dombret, persistently low interest rates are putting a long-standing system of values in danger of toppling. At a speech in Frankfurt, he noted that artificially low interest rates could not only frustrate the long-term strategies of savers, investors and credit institutions, but even prevent economically necessary adjustments.