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.

Central banks base their monetary policy on balance sheet data from banks, insurance companies, and other financial institutions, as well as from households, businesses, and parts of the government. These reports provide important information about behavior and developments in the respective sectors.

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.

Bianca trained as a KfBM and now works in construction management. She talks about her day-to-day work and how she promotes inclusion herself.

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. 

The Deutsche Bundesbank holds exhibitions of contemporary art in the entrance hall of its Central Office in Frankfurt am Main.

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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 %.

The monetary policy turnaround shaped the Bundesbank’s balance sheet last year. The profit and loss account for 2022 reported a distributable profit of zero. This result was achieved by tapping €1 billion worth of risk provisions. As in the previous years, no profit was transferred to the Federal budget. “The Bundesbank sustained exceptional financial burdens in 2022,” Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel explained with regard to the annual accounts.