on the topic of Statistics of the banks' profit and loss accounts

The ECB requires credit institutions to hold compulsory deposits on accounts with the national central banks: these are called “minimum” or “required” reserves. The amount of required reserves that each credit institution has to hold is determined by its reserve base multiplied by a minimum reserve ratio.

Prices of commercial real estate – especially office and retail buildings in Germany’s seven major cities – have risen in previous years. Accordingly, net initial yields have dropped noticeably.

Aggregierte harte Kernkapitalquote im zweiten Quartal 2025 bei 16,12 % (nach 16,05 % im Vorquartal und 15,81 % ein Jahr zuvor). Aggregierte annualisierte Eigenkapitalrendite im zweiten Quartal 2025 bei 10,11 % (nach 9,85 % im Vorquartal und 10,11 % ein Jahr zuvor). Aggregierte Quote notleidender Kredite (ohne Guthaben) bei 2,22 % (nach 2,24 % im Vorquartal und 2,30 % ein Jahr zuvor). Liquiditätsdeckungsquote im zweiten Quartal 2025 bei 157,84 % (nach 156,24 % im Vorquartal).

Aktualisierung der einzelnen EZB-Indikatoren für die Lohnentwicklung (Wage Tracker) unter Berücksichtigung der bis Ende August 2025 abgeschlossenen Tarifverträge; zukunftsgerichteter Zeithorizont ausgeweitet bis Ende Juni 2026.

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For many years the Directorate General Banking and Financial Supervision and Directorate General Financial Stability have organised the Bundesbank's autumn conference in Frankfurt on a rotating basis.

The annual publication of the issuance calendar summarizes the important key data of the issues planned by the Federal Government for the forthcoming calendar year.

The term structure of interes rates in the debt securities market shows the connection between the interest rates and maturities of default-free zero coupon bonds.

According to Article 4 (52) of the Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR), “operational risk” means the risk of loss resulting from inadequate or failed internal processes, people and systems or from external events, and includes legal risk.