Im Januar 2025 wies die Leistungsbilanz einen Überschuss von 35 Mrd. € auf (nach 38 Mrd. € im Vormonat).

Durch das Kreditzweitmarktgesetz (KrZwMG) wird die Kreditzweitmarktrichtlinie in Deutschland umgesetzt. Das Erbringen von Dienstleistungen im Rahmen des Verkaufs von Kreditforderungen ist damit als neuer Aufsichtstatbestand erlaubnispflichtig.

Various fake reports, advertisements, photos and videos in connection with the Bundesbank are circulating on the internet and social media. In addition, fraudsters are impersonating Bundesbank staff on the phone, in emails and letters and requesting, for example, that personal data be handed over or payments be made. The Bundesbank is providing important pointers on this topic to help recipients identify such fake reports and attempted fraud. 

Aggregierte harte Kernkapitalquote im vierten Quartal 2024 bei 15,86 %. Aggregierte annualisierte Eigenkapitalrendite im vierten Quartal 2024 bei 9,54 %.  Aggregierte Quote notleidender Kredite (ohne Guthaben) stabil bei 2,28 %. Anteil der Kredite mit signifikantem Anstieg des Kreditrisikos (Stufe-2-Kredite) bei 9,93 %. Aggregiertes Verhältnis von Krediten zu Einlagen mit 100,43 % auf dem niedrigsten Wert seit 2015.
 

How does central bank communication affect the economy? Artificial intelligence provides new insights: the Monetary-Intelligent Language Agent (MILA) model developed at the Bundesbank analyses monetary policy statements and assesses the signals they send out – from restrictive to accommodative. This presents promising opportunities for better shaping monetary policy messaging. But AI-assisted analyses also pose inherent risks, such as diminishing diversity of opinion.

According to the current Monthly Report, access to cash in Germany is currently largely secure despite the progressive reduction in ATMs and bank branches. For example, the majority of the population has access to an ATM or bank counter within five kilometres, although urban areas are noticeably better served than rural areas. The Bank’s experts write that, in order for the freedom of choice between cash and digital means of payment to endure, infrastructure for the supply of cash must remain intact in future. 

In the Federal Republic of Germany, payment services are regulated pursuant to the Payment Services Oversight Act (Zahlungsdiensteaufsichtsgesetz, ZAG).

On 13 March 2024, the ECB Governing Council decided on changes to the operational framework for implementing monetary policy. These changes will affect how central bank liquidity will be provided as excess liquidity in the banking system, while remaining significant over the coming years, gradually declines.

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Detailed description of positions of banks’ month-end asset and liability positions in the form of a balance sheet with a supplementary breakdown of the balance sheet items by category, maturity and sector of the respective creditors and debtors.

In this section you can download all the forms and reporting regulations you need as ZIP files.

Leoni hat sich wegen den einzigartigen Aufgabenfeldern für das Traineeprogramm der Bundesbank entschieden. Wie sie schon im Programm international gearbeitet hat, berichtet sie hier.

To simplify the process of meeting reporting deadlines, reporting dates are to be harmonised.

The Bundesbank is expanding its reform proposals for central government’s debt brake, laying out a stability-oriented path towards increased government investment. It is thus presenting a concept that supports the necessary measures to strengthen infrastructure and defence whilst ensuring sustainable public finances over the long term, in line with European rules. 

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.

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Welche Voraussetzungen muss ich erfüllen? Wie bewerbe ich mich und wie ist das Auswahlverfahren strukturiert? Hier finden Sie die Antworten auf Ihre Fragen.

Welche Voraussetzungen muss ich erfüllen? Wie bewerbe ich mich und wie ist das Auswahlverfahren strukturiert? Hier finden Sie die Antworten auf Ihre Fragen.

Welche Voraussetzungen muss ich erfüllen? Wie bewerbe ich mich und wie ist das Auswahlverfahren strukturiert? Hier finden Sie die Antworten auf Ihre Fragen.

Freedom of choice when making payments must be maintained. Bundesbank Executive Board member Burkhard Balz, Finance Minister of the state of Baden-Württemberg Danyal Bayaz and Martin Dallmeier, Deputy Chairman of the Board at dm-drogerie markt were all in agreement about this. At the launch of the new Bits & Bargeld event series in Heidelberg, they discussed cash, payments and the digital euro. Sissi Hajtmanek moderated the evening’s proceedings.

“If the world keeps its current policies unchanged, global temperatures are expected to rise by three degrees Celsius (on average). And this could cost India roughly 19 % of GDP by 2050, compared to a world without climate change,” First Deputy Governor of the Deutsche Bundesbank Sabine Mauderer said in an interview with Indian newspaper “The Economic Times”. She also spoke about the global economic impact of climate change and the work of the Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS).

You can make your bookings for museum educational formats and group visits in the new Money Museum.