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Einmal jährlich lädt die Bundesbank Lehrerinnen und Lehrer aus ganz Deutschland ein, um sich über aktuelle Bundesbank-Themen und Fragen zu deren Vermittlung in der Schule auszutauschen. In diesem Jahr wurden die Lehrkräfte erstmals von Lutz Lienenkämper empfangen. Neben der Geldpolitik im Euroraum und der aktuellen Konjunktur in Deutschland waren auch die Zukunft des Bargeldes, der Stand des digitalen Euros und der Einsatz künstlicher Intelligenz Thema des Austauschs. 

This page provides information about the standard XML formats for prudential returns as from reporting month December 2004. The lists below give all schemas needed to set up and validate XML files. Descriptions of the contents are included. If they have already been set, dates for test and live submissions are also shown.

Bundesbankvorstand Burkhard Balz ist bei einer Rede in Oldenburg auf aktuelle Herausforderungen im Zahlungsverkehr eingegangen. Der Zahlungsverkehr ist ein gutes Beispiel dafür, dass wir mehr Zusammenarbeit und vor allem auch mehr Europa brauchen und nicht weniger, sagte er. Der digitale Euro und die Verbesserung des grenzüberschreitenden Zahlungsverkehrs seien zwei der Themen, an denen das Eurosystem arbeite.

The continual observation of price stability is based on analyses of price statistics. Particular attention is usually paid to the German Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP) and the national Consumer Price Index (CPI), which are both published by the Federal Statistical Office and often used throughout the EU and as inflation measures.

German banks tightened credit standards for loans to enterprises, loan to households for house purchase, and for  consumer credit and other lending to households in the fourth quarter of 2024. Loan demand increased further in all loan categories, especially for loans to households for house purchase.

In unserer Zentrale in Frankfurt am Main sowie in zahlreichen Hauptverwaltungen und Filialen können Sie ein unbezahltes Schulpraktikum absolvieren.

The National Accounts (SNA) describe in a quantitative manner the economic situation of a regional unit within a specified period.

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Bundesbank Executive Board member Burkhard Balz has spoken out in favour of a future that includes cash: Let us work together to ensure that cash keeps its time-tested place in an increasingly digitalised world, he said in his speech at the Bundesbank’s cash symposium in Berlin. In order to guarantee freedom of choice in payments, access to and acceptance of cash must be maintained, said Mr Balz.

The output index for the production sector is calculated monthly by the Federal Statistical Office and includes the sectors mining and quarrying, manufacturing, energy and construction.

Orders received is a leading indicator for cyclical developments. The figures are compiled monthly by the Federal Statistical Office and published both as a value index and as a volume index for the manufacturing and construction sectors respectively. The number of permits granted for structural engineering work also indicates the level of economic movement to be expected in that sector.

Die aggregierte Summe der Aktiva der Kreditinstitute mit Sitz in der EU erhöhte sich von 31,54 Bio. € im September 2023 auf 33,12 Bio. € im September 2024, was einerZunahme um 5,01 % entspricht.

What are households’ expectations? Since 2019, the Deutsche Bundesbank has been investigating this question by surveying households in Germany on a regular basis (Bundesbank Online Panel Households).

In the third quarter of 2024, German households’ financial assets grew by €197 billion, closing the quarter at a new record high of €9,004 billion. This is a continuation of the uninterrupted growth trend that has lasted since end-2023.

The labour market is where enterprises' demand for the production factor labour meets household's supply of working time.

Der gewichtete Indikator der Kreditfinanzierungskosten für neue Kredite an Unternehmen sank um 16 Basispunkte auf 4,36 % und der entsprechende Indikator für neue Wohnungsbaukredite an private Haushalte um 8 Basispunkte auf 3,39 %.

Die Finanzsanktionen gegen Venezuela dienen der Durchführung von Maßnahmen der Europäischen Union.