Das Zertifikat ist mit dem Algorithmus SHA-256 von der Bundesbank Root CA 2015 II signiert und hat eine Gültigkeitsdauer von sechs Jahren.

As the IMF's sister organisation, the World Bank – like the multilateral development banks whose focus is regional – aims to promote economic development in its less developed member countries by providing financial and technical assistance and sharing knowledge. Developing such countries' financial sectors is an important aspect.

on the topic of Interest rates on deposits and loans

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) was conceived at the Bretton Woods Conference in 1944, and currently has 190 member countries. Germany joined the Fund in 1952. The overarching aim of the IMF is to promote economic policy cooperation and stability in the international monetary system. Its mandate also covers financial stability issues that have monetary implications.

In case of a longer-term TARGET incident, the Deutsche Bundesbank may grant loans as part of the emergency settlement (Enhanced Contingency Solution/ ECONS) covered by sufficient collateral. 

Pursuant to ESA 2010, the fiscal policy activities of the EU institutions at a national level are not included in the government sector account.

The continual observation of price stability is based on analyses of price statistics. Particular attention is usually paid to the German Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP) and the national Consumer Price Index (CPI), which are both published by the Federal Statistical Office and often used throughout the EU and as inflation measures.

In early 2000, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) initiated the Financial Soundness Indicators (FSI) project in response to the financial market crises of the late 1990s.

The publication of the following indicators is prescribed in the SDDS Plus data category "Central Bank survey".

The output index for the production sector is calculated monthly by the Federal Statistical Office and includes the sectors mining and quarrying, manufacturing, energy and construction.

The labour market is where enterprises' demand for the production factor labour meets household's supply of working time.

The continual observation of price stability is based on analyses of price statistics. Particular attention is usually paid to the German Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP) and the national Consumer Price Index (CPI), which are both published by the Federal Statistical Office and often used throughout the EU and as inflation measures.

Monthly turnover data are available for industry and the retail trade sector. Quarterly time series are published for the services sector. The results for the retail trade are also included in the calculation of private consumption.

Orders received is a leading indicator for cyclical developments. The figures are compiled monthly by the Federal Statistical Office and published both as a value index and as a volume index for the manufacturing and construction sectors respectively. The number of permits granted for structural engineering work also indicates the level of economic movement to be expected in that sector.

In 2015 the Riksbank took the initiative to hold an annual conference on macroprudential policy.

The labour cost index measures developments in labour costs per man-hour worked and is harmonised across Europe. It indicates from a cost perspective the risks to price stability and contributes to the location and competition analyses in a European comparison.

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Since December 2009, the statistics on financial vehicle corporations (FVCs) have included a quarterly survey, carried out at the end of the quarter, of the assets and liabilities of all FVCs in Germany.

on the topic of balance of payments

In the Federal Republic of Germany, payment services are regulated pursuant to the Payment Services Oversight Act (Zahlungsdiensteaufsichtsgesetz, ZAG).

The European sovereign debt crisis was characterised by the fact that some euro area countries, owing to their high levels of debt – caused in part by efforts to counter the consequences of the global financial crisis – experienced difficulties refinancing their debt and, in some cases, lost access to capital market funding. In order to protect monetary policy transmission and safeguard sufficient liquidity provision for the financial system, the ECB Governing Council adopted various non-standard measures during the course of the crisis that went beyond the scope of the usual operational framework at that time.

The Eurosystem’s monetary policy from 2020 was shaped by the global outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic and the surge in inflation from 2021. This ultimately led to a series of Eurosystem policy rate hikes totalling 450 basis points (from July 2022 to September 2023).