Die Leistungsbilanz wies im März 2024 einen Überschuss von 36 Mrd. € auf (nach 29 Mrd. € im Vormonat).

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How did the ECB Governing Council arrive at its new monetary policy operational framework for the Eurosystem? What principles will be followed when implementing monetary policy in the future? Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel addressed these questions at the 55th Konstanz Seminar on monetary theory and monetary policy. 

The German government has decided to mint an €11 collectors’ coin entitled “UEFA European Football Championship 2024,” scheduled for issue on 8 May 2024. The coin features one of the world’s most popular major sporting events, the European Football Championship, which will be held in the Federal Republic of Germany in 2024, for the first time since Germany’s reunification.

Die Europäische Zentralbank (EZB) hat heute ihren Finanzstabilitätsbericht vom Mai 2024 veröffentlicht. Dem Bericht zufolge profitiert die Finanzstabilität im Euroraum von den verbesserten Konjunkturaussichten. So sinkt die Inflation kontinuierlich, und das Vertrauen der Anleger erholt sich.

As of 10 October 2019, the German Federal government will issue a german €2 commemorative collector’s coin marking the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. The mint condition coins can be purchased at all Bundesbank branches as they become available.

The euro has proven to be a stable currency. The Bundesbank, together with the other central banks in the euro area, makes sure of this. But why is a stable currency so important? The Bundesbank has created an animated film to illustrate why it is important that prices do not rise or fall sharply overall and which role the central bank plays in safeguarding price stability.

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Germany’s current account recorded a surplus of €27.6 billion in March 2024, down €1.1 billion on the previous month’s level. This was mainly attributable to a lower surplus in invisible current transactions, which comprise services as well as primary and secondary income.

Das Brutto-Emissionsvolumen am deutschen Rentenmarkt lag im März mit 123,7 Mrd € unter dem Niveau des Vormonats (147,2 Mrd €). Nach Abzug der Tilgungen und bei Berücksichtigung der Eigenbestandsveränderungen der Emittenten wurden im Ergebnis heimische Rentenwerte für 14,9 Mrd € begeben.

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Die Online-Ausstellung „Von Inflation und Stabilität“ bietet eine virtuelle Zeitreise durch die Meilensteine der deutschen Währungsgeschichte des 20. und 21. Jahrhunderts.

The Bundesbank’s stand at the Europe Festival in Frankfurt am Main attracted a large number of visitors to the Römerhallen. The stand was also where the Bundesbank’s Executive Board, Frankfurt’s Mayor Mike Josef, President of Frankfurt Main Finance Gerhard Wiesheu, as well as City Treasurer Bastian Berghoff and Councillor Eileen O’Sullivan, gathered to make a joint statement for a cosmopolitan Europe and an appeal for citizens to vote in the European elections on 9 June 2024.

This year’s Spring Conference held by the Bundesbank’s Research Centre focused on “Structural changes and the implications for inflation”. A large number of researchers from central banks, universities and other institutions based in Germany and abroad met in Eltville to discuss this topic. Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel spoke in a video message. 

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How can Europe’s economic integration be deepened and the Capital Markets Union created? What measures could help leverage the potential of the Single Market and strengthen the EU’s competitiveness? These questions were discussed by Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel and former Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta at an event hosted by the Leibniz Institute for Financial Research SAFE in Frankfurt am Main.