The Annual Meeting of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is being held from 8 to 11 October in Lima against the backdrop of a perceptible deterioration in the outlook for the global economy. The IMF lowered its growth forecast for the global economy in the run-up to the meeting.

Die Europäische Zentralbank (EZB) veröffentlicht heute ein Dokument mit Leitlinien, die von den Mitgliedern des Direktoriums der EZB bei ihrer Kommunikation mit Vertretern des privaten Sektors, der Wissenschaft oder der Zivilgesellschaft befolgt werden.

Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann has warned against frantic activism given the low inflation rates in the euro area. The drastic drop in energy prices constitutes a "decent stimulus package", he said in an interview with the German news weekly Der Spiegel.

Around 1.4 million people celebrated the 25th anniversary of German reunification at a huge public festival from 2 to 4 October in Frankfurt. Thousands of people visited the exhibition organised by the Bundesbank and the City of Frankfurt to learn about German monetary union.

Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann has come out against the creation of a single deposit guarantee scheme in the euro area in the near future. He sees a risk that depositors will end up carrying the can for distressed banks in other European countries.

Dauerhaft niedrige Zinsen stellen kleine und mittelgroße Kreditinstitute auf die Probe. Dies zeigt eine gemeinsame Umfrage von BaFin und Bundesbank unter rund 1 500 Instituten. Die Banken seien nun gefordert, an der Profitabilität ihrer Geschäftsmodelle zu arbeiten, sagte Bundesbank-Vorstand Andreas Dombret.