Apart from its own bilateral and multilateral projects, the Bundesbank is engaged in projects financed by third parties. These alone account for one-third of the Centre for Technical Central Bank Cooperation’s activities.

The certificate is self-signed with the SHA-256 algorithm and is valid for twelve years.

The certificate is self-signed with the SHA-256 algorithm and is valid for twelve years.

Anyone intending to acquire a significant holding in an institution or to increase an existing significant holding beyond certain thresholds must report this in writing without delay to BaFin and the Deutsche Bundesbank.

The IFS-Base is the core module of the Deutsche Bundesbank’s Investment Funds Statistics (IFS). Since September 2009 the IFS allows for a detailed overview of the assets and liabilities of German open-end investment funds on a fund-by-fund level.

The Bundesbank has been collecting annual statistics on foreign direct investment stocks (DI) in accordance with the provisions of the Foreign Trade and Payments Regulation (Außenwirtschaftsverordnung) since 1976 and publishes aggregated results in the Bundesbank's Special Statistical Publication 10.

The quarterly Bank Lending Survey for the Euro Area (BLS) comprises qualitative questions on past and expected future lending policies by participating institutions to the private non-financial sector as well as questions on credit demand.

The certificate is self signed with the SHA-512 algorithm and is valid for 6 years.

Here you will find an overview of the publications relating to the coin and banknote collection.

Here you find related publications on banking supervision for download, regulatory documents and information and recommendations of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision.

Im Rahmen des TLTRO-III-Programms konnten teilnehmende Geschäftspartner aufgenommene Volumina in vierteljährlichem Rhythmus vollständig oder teilweise freiwillig vorzeitig zurückzahlen. 

The Analytical Credit Datasets (AnaCredit) – German Part is a comprehensive research dataset provided by the Deutsche Bundesbank. It encompasses the German part of the Analytical Credit Datasets (AnaCredit), a detailed statistical credit reporting system within the Eurosystem.

General information

on the topic of External sector

on the topic of sectoral and macroeconomic balance sheets

Statutory basis, implementation provisions, Bundesbank notices and circulars

Anyone wishing to conduct one or more of the banking activities specified in the Banking Act on a commercial scale in Germany requires authorisation from the competent supervisory authority.

Notes on methodology

User certificates can be automatically requested via our e-mail encryption gateway by sending an empty e-mail with the subject GetPublicKey to the respective e-mail address.

The members of the management board and of the administrative or supervisory board as well as key function holders must possess sufficient knowledge, skills and experience, be of good repute and also commit sufficient time to the performance of their duties.

Below you will find brochures with further pieces from our collection.

The relationship between nature and culture plays a key role in Tony Cragg’s work. He wants to create objects ‘that exist neither in nature nor in our functional world’. To this end he uses a wide range of natural and industrially manufactured materials.

His pictures and sculptures are the perfect symbiosis of beauty and rationality. Just about every work that Max Bill produced can be deciphered as a verifiable solution to a mathematical problem, without becoming overladen with meaning.

There is no mistaking the heads of Horst Antes. Their stark profile and, above all, their schematic stylisation have become the artist’s trademark. They appear in Antes’ paintings as Kopffüssler [Head-and-foot figures] or in public spaces as large-scale steel sculptures.

A key aspect of Albrecht Schäfer’s work is his exploration and use of space. His installations are not just stand-alone artworks; they also draw in and on the surrounding area. His “Kronleuchter” [Chandelier], on display in the foyer of the Bundesbank’s branch in Berlin, stretches the length and breadth of two floors.