TIPS is a Eurosystem service for the settlement of instant payments which went live on 30 November 2018.

Professor Joachim Wuermeling has notified the Executive Board that he wishes to take up a new position in 2024 and will therefore be leaving the Bundesbank at the end of the year, some months before the end of his term of office. Against this background, and alongside further organisational adjustments, the Executive Board of the Bundesbank has adopted a reallocation of responsibilities that will come into effect on 1 April 2023.

Der Median der von den Verbrauchern in den vergangenen zwölf Monaten wahrgenommenen Inflation verringerte sich im Januar 2023 auf 9,5 %, verglichen mit 9,9 % im Dezember 2022.

Since 1998 financial services institutions have been supervised according to the same rules as credit institutions and also require authorisation.

Im vierten Quartal 2022 betrugen die gesamten von Versicherungsgesellschaften im Euroraum gehaltenen Aktiva 8 075 Mrd. € und fielen damit um 190 Mrd. € niedriger aus als im dritten Quartal 2022. 

Der gewichtete Indikator der Kreditfinanzierungskosten für neue Kredite an Unternehmen stieg infolge des Zinseffekts um 22 Basispunkte auf 3,63 %; der entsprechende Indikator für neue Wohnungsbaukredite an private Haushalte erhöhte sich – ebenfalls aufgrund des Zinseffekts – um 16 Basispunkte auf 3,10 %.

According to the Bundesbank’s Monthly Report, the rise in financing costs and high inflation had a strong impact on the German housing market. Prices for residential real estate continued to rise up until the middle of 2022, but in the second half of the year fell quite significantly for the first time in a long time. By contrast, price pressures came from the massive increase in construction prices and the slow pace of the expansion of housing supply. Residential real estate in Germany continued to be overvalued on an annual average overall.

The branches of the Bundesbank supply the economy with euro banknotes and coins, and offers private customers the opportunity to exchange D-Mark banknotes and coins free-of-charge and with no fixed deadline.