Permanent tsb Group Holdings plc verstieß gegen EZB-Beschlüsse über die Anordnung besonderer Liquiditätsanforderungen. EZB verhängt Geldbuße in Gesamthöhe von 2,5 Mio €.

EZB veröffentlicht Änderungen nach Prüfung der im öffentlichen Konsultationsverfahren eingegangenen Stellungnahmen. Änderungen passen EZB-Verordnung an geänderte Rechnungslegungsstandards an.

Die Jahreswachstumsrate der weit gefassten Geldmenge M3 sank im Juli 2017 auf 4,5 % nach 5,0 % im Juni.

Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann has spoken out in favour of an orderly exit from the European Central Bank's asset purchase programme. Speaking in an interview with the Börsen-Zeitung, he said the programme should be gradually tapered to avoid causing needless turmoil in the financial markets.

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.

Gemäß der Berichtspflichten der ESZB-Satzung wird von der Europäischen Zentralbank (EZB) wöchentlich ein konsolidierter Ausweis des Eurosystems veröffentlicht. Dieser soll den Nutzern als Informationsquelle im Zusammenhang mit den geldpolitischen Operationen, den Devisengeschäften und der Investitionstätigkeit dienen. Zudem sind darin Angaben über die Liquiditätsströme enthalten.

Bundesbank Executive Board member Andreas Dombret has called for European banking supervisors to be given strong rights to information and powers of intervention after Brexit. Only then could the clearing of euro securities still be based in London, he said in an interview with Der Spiegel.

The German economy continued to expand at a rapid pace in the second quarter. In the Bundesbank’s assessment, the strong economic growth is likely to continue in the current quarter. The Monthly Report also notes that economic output for the year as a whole could rise even somewhat more strongly than was forecast in June.

In the current low-interest-rate environment the low deposit rates for German savers are a frequent topic of debate. However, households also have other financial assets at their disposal besides deposits. Taking these into account along with the loss of purchasing power due to inflation, households achieved a real total return of 1.9% in the first quarter of 2017 according to the August Monthly Report.