The MFI interest rate statistics is composed as a representative sample of around 240 institutions. The MFI interest rate statistics measure the interest rates applied by domestic banks (MFIs) and the corresponding volumes for euro-denominated lending and deposit business with households and non-financial corporations domiciled in the euro area.

Demographic developments will put the finances of the pension insurance scheme under pressure in future. The Bundesbank’s experts present long-term simulations on this topic in the current Monthly Report. These simulations illustrate how the government plans to achieve a permanently stable replacement rate of 48% would affect the pension contribution rate and the federal budget. They also show the effects of two reform options on the replacement rate, the contribution rate and the federal budget. Both options are international standard practice. One ties pensions in payment to inflation, whilst the other links the retirement age to rising life expectancy.

The ExtraNet documentation gives details of the technical specifications of the Bundesbank's e-business platform.

Writing in its latest Annual Economic Report, the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has warned that the global economy risks entering a new era of high inflation. “The key for central banks is to act quickly and decisively before inflation becomes entrenched,” says Agustín Carstens, General Manager of the BIS.

EZB gibt ihre geldpolitischen Beschlüsse ab dem 21. Juli 2022 um 14:15 Uhr MEZ bekannt. Pressekonferenz der EZB beginnt künftig um 14:45 Uhr MEZ.

Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel has warned that central banks must not respond to the current high inflation rates with too little, too late. “If monetary policy falls behind the curve, even stronger hikes in interest rates could become necessary to get inflation under control,” he said at the Joint Spring Conference co-hosted by the Bundesbank and the Banque de France in Eltville am Rhein. “This would create much higher economic costs,” he cautioned.

Am 19. Mai 2022 billigte der EZB-Rat den Bericht über die internationale Rolle des Euro und genehmigte die Veröffentlichung des Dokuments auf der Website der EZB. Der Bericht enthält einen Überblick darüber, wie sich die Verwendung des Euro durch Ansässige außerhalb des Euroraums im Jahr 2021 entwickelt hat.

The costs of payment methods for consumers are difficult to determine, not recorded in a harmonised manner on an international level and consequently vary significantly from country to country. For this reason, a separate study is necessary for Germany. As part of a representative survey conducted in 2023, households were asked about the costs they incurred when using various means of payment. 

Die Summe der Aktiva der Kreditinstitute mit Sitz in der EU erhöhte sich von 29,44 Billionen € im Dezember 2020 auf 30,44 Billionen € im Dezember 2021.

The Bundesbank notes in its current Monthly Report that inflation pushes up the tax burden on real incomes. While government regularly adjusts the income tax scale, meaning that this effect – known as bracket creep – has been more or less offset in the past, the procedure used at present involves a time lag and is prone to estimation errors. The Bundesbank therefore recommends switching to a more timely and targeted procedure.

Die Leistungsbilanz des Eurogebiets wies im April 2022 ein Defizit von 6 Mrd € auf, nachdem im
Vormonat ein Defizit von 2 Mrd € verzeichnet worden war (siehe Abbildung 1 und Tabelle 1). Dahinter
verbargen sich Defizite beim Sekundäreinkommen (14 Mrd €), im Warenhandel (3 Mrd €) und beim
Übersetzung: Deutsche Bundesbank Primäreinkommen (1 Mrd €). Diese wurden durch einen Überschuss bei den Dienstleistungen (12 Mrd €) teilweise kompensiert.