In the final quarter of 2021, economic output in Germany is likely to have declined slightly, the Bundesbank writes in its current Monthly Report. According to the Bank’s experts, this is primarily due to the resurgence of the pandemic. While gross domestic product (GDP) rose by 2.7% on the year in 2021 as a whole, this was not nearly enough to offset the sharp decline of the previous year, the Bank’s experts say. 

The Annual Report provides an overview of economic and monetary developments in the reporting year as well as the tasks and activities of the Deutsche Bundesbank.

Frequently asked questions about the Bundesbank’s balance sheet risk.

Das Direktorium der Europäischen Zentralbank (EZB) hat Eva Murcia Sánchez zur Generaldirektorin Personal ernannt. Die Generaldirektion Personal agiert als strategischer Partner der Geschäftsbereiche und Dienste der EZB.

Die Leistungsbilanz wies im November 2021 einen Überschuss von 24 Mrd € aus, verglichen mit 19 Mrd € im Vormonat.

At first the euro was mistrusted, with many calling it the “teuro” (“expensive euro”). Around 20 years ago, 70% of the participants in a survey by the Institut für Demoskopie responded that they had “little or no trust” in the euro, which had been introduced in cash form on 1 January 2002. Today, 82% of Germans support the euro. The Bundesbank played a key role in the introduction of euro cash in January 2002.

Bundesbank Executive Board member Sabine Mauderer will spend two years as Vice-Chair of the Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS), before serving as Chair for the following two years.