This year’s Bundesbank symposium “Banking supervision in dialogue” focused on geopolitical risks, artificial intelligence and streamlining bureaucracy. Bundesbank Executive Board member Michael Theurer believes it is important to have a nuanced debate on regulation in order to increase efficiency and reduce “red tape” without lowering standards. The industry meeting in Frankfurt was attended by around 450 supervisors and banking industry representatives.

Eleni worked in the Financial Stability Department during her internship. Read here how she views her time with us.

Das Brutto-Emissionsvolumen am deutschen Rentenmarkt lag im März mit 135,1 Mrd € nur leicht unter dem Wert des Vormonats (136,7 Mrd €). Nach Abzug der Tilgungen und bei Berücksichtigung der Eigenbestandsveränderungen der Emittenten wurden im Ergebnis heimische Rentenwerte für 26,0 Mrd € begeben. Zugleich stieg der Umlauf ausländischer Schuldtitel am deutschen Markt um 19,9 Mrd €. Damit erhöhte sich der Umlauf von Schuldverschreibungen in Deutschland im März um 45,9 Mrd €.

Germany’s current account recorded a surplus of €34.1 billion in March 2025, up €7.8 billion on the previous month’s level. This was attributable to larger surpluses in the goods account and especially in invisible current transactions, which comprises services as well as primary and secondary income. 

In a joint interview published by the Süddeutsche Zeitung of Germany and El Mundo of Spain, Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel and Banco de España Governor José Luis Escrivá discussed the impact of current US policy on the global economy, ECB Governing Council decisions and Germany’s role in the EU. “The new German government has to contribute actively to the further development of the EU and Europe. And I agree with José Luis Escrivá that Germany has to play its part in leading the EU,” Nagel said.