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.

The money market is where short-term loans and securities are traded. Based on this general definition, the money market is the counterpart of the capital market, where long-term financial contracts are concluded. In international and national statistics, it is customary to allocate maturities of up to (and including) one year to the money market sector.

Die Finanzsanktionen angesichts der Lage in Belarus dienen der Durchführung von Maßnahmen der Europäischen Union.

The customer classification is made available to institutions subject to reporting requirements which have to classify economic agents by sector for Bundesbank statistics. For this purpose a sectoral breakdown with explanations is published in the Special Statistical Publication 1 which corresponds to the classification used in the "European System of Accounts (ESA 95)".

Since November 2024
Member of the Executive Board of the Deutsche Bundesbank

Federal bonds (Bunds), five-year Federal notes (Bobls) and Federal Treasury notes (Schätze) are listed on all German stock exchanges.

Information on the series “Air Moves” and “In the service of society”.

„Wir werden alles dafür tun, damit die Menschen auch künftig die Wahlfreiheit haben, ob sie bar oder unbar zahlen möchten", sagte Vorstandsmitglied Burkhard Balz bei der Veranstaltungsreihe "Bits und Bargeld" in Wiesbaden. 

Vor rund 160 Gästen diskutierte er mit Kirsten Schoder-Steinmüller, Präsidentin des Hessischen Industrie- und Handelskammertags und Philipp Wendt, Vorstand der Verbraucherzentrale Hessen, über den digitalen Euro, das Bargeld und die Zukunft des Bezahlens.

The balance of payments records all economic transactions between residents and non-residents within a given time period and thus shows a country’s complex economics links with the rest of the world.

Die Deutsche Bundesbank und die Finanzaufsicht BaFin stoßen gemeinsam den Abbau von Bürokratie an: Die beiden Institutionen haben vorgeschlagen, das Millionenkreditmeldewesen für Banken und Versicherer zum 30. Dezember 2026 einzustellen. Die erforderlichen Gesetzesanpassungen hat das Bundesministerium der Finanzen im Entwurf des Standortfördergesetzes veröffentlicht.

The German economy is likely to grow slightly in the third quarter of 2025, the Bundesbank’s Monthly Report states. Despite continued unfavourable investment conditions for firms and additional burdens caused by the new US tariffs, there were no signs of any major setbacks for industry. It got off to a surprisingly strong start in the third quarter. A recovery in construction output is yet to materialise, however. Private consumption is likely to increase slightly, if at all, as the labour market is not providing any strong stimulus at present. The inflation rate rose to 2.1 % in August.

In 2023, foreign affiliates with German investors generated an annual turnover of €3.4 trillion.

In T2 there are two regular releases scheduled per year – one on the second weekend of June and one on the third weekend of November. The dates are synchronised with the releases in T2S (June and November). The respective release notes for the production and test environment can be found here.

The German government has decided to mint a 2€ commemorative coin marking 1,275 years since the birth of Charlemagne, to be issued from 30th March 2023.

Am 23. Juli 2025 beschloss der EZB-Rat die Einführung eines „Klimafaktors“ in den Sicherheitenrahmen des Eurosystems. So sollen die mit der Klimakrise verbundenen finanziellen Risiken besser gesteuert werden. Dieser Klimafaktor ergänzt das bestehende Instrumentarium des Eurosystems zur Risikosteuerung: Er berücksichtigt zukunftsgerichtete Analysen von Klimaszenarien und stärkt dadurch die Resilienz der geldpolitischen Implementierung des Eurosystems. 

Die Erwartungen hinsichtlich des Wachstums der nominalen Einkommen in den kommenden zwölf Monaten stiegen, wohingegen die Erwartungen zum Wachstum der nominalen Ausgaben in den kommenden zwölf Monaten unverändert blieben.

Below we provide a selection of all relevant customer information letters, guidance notices and other information on the MACCs procedure.

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.

“Merchants are not just participants in the digital euro project – they are its driving force,” said Executive Board member Burkhard Balz during an event in Brussels. Representatives from politics, business and trade discussed the opportunities and challenges presented by a digital euro during the conference entitled “The digital €uro: a game changer for European merchants.”

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.

The prudential own funds requirements reflect a risk-oriented approach to supervision which is designed, depending on a bank's individual risk positions, to ensure that capital backing is as commensurate with risk as possible.

Das Traineeprogramm dauert grundsätzlich zwölf Monate und verbindet Theorie und Praxis. Du erhältst für diese Zeit einen befristeten Arbeitsvertrag als Beschäftigte*r im öffentlichen Dienst. Das Programm beginnt jeweils am 1. Mai und am 1. November.

Du suchst eine fundierte kaufmännische Ausbildung, möchtest gerne kommunikative und organisatorische Sekretariats- und Assistenzaufgaben übernehmen und hast Spaß am Umgang mit dem PC?

Die Jahreswachstumsrate des weit gefassten Geldmengenaggregats M3 sank im August 2025 auf 2,9 % nach 3,3 % im Juli (revidiert von zuvor 3,4 %).

Die aggregierte Summe der Aktiva der Kreditinstitute mit Sitz in der EU erhöhte sich von 32,62 Bio. € im März 2024 auf 33,13 Bio. € im März 2025, was einer Zunahme um 1,54 % entspricht.

Market risk is the risk of losses in on- and off-balance sheet risk positions arising from movements in market prices. Under the Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR), credit institutions are required to hold own funds for market risk to cover foreign exchange risk and commodities risk in their non-trading and trading books as well as position risk (risk of positions in debt and equity instruments) in their trading book. They can use either the standardised approach or internal risk models to calculate their market risk.

Regulation of banks is essential to the stability of our financial system. But how appropriate is the time and effort for smaller, regional banks? In a guest article in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Bundesbank Executive Board member Michael Theurer and BaFin President Mark Branson highlight the challenges facing small banks in Europe and call for a novel approach to reducing EU-wide regulatory requirements for small banks without jeopardising safety standards.

Um nach dem 1. Februar 2014 am Lastschriftverfahren teilnehmen zu können, müssen Unternehmen u.a. eine Gläubiger-Identifikationsnummer besitzen. Die Ausgabe der Nummern übernimmt in Deutschland die Bundesbank in Abstimmung mit der Deutschen Kreditwirtschaft (DK). Anträge können nur elektronisch gestellt werden.

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.