Asset purchases can be a monetary policy measure to raise the inflation rate to the desired level in a low interest rate environment. The following film explains how this works.

The German economy will experience a setback in the final quarter of 2021 and the first quarter of 2022 on account of the pandemic, but is set to pick up significant momentum again in spring of next year. “The upswing has been slightly delayed,” said Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann at the presentation of his institution’s current projections. According to these projections, gross domestic product will increase by 2.5% this year – less strongly than anticipated back in June – in light of the dip in growth. Over the next two years, calendar adjusted economic growth will then rebound to 4.2% and 3.2%, respectively. 

The Deutsche Bundesbank, together with 19 national central banks of the European System of Central Banks, the European Central Bank and the European Commission, complete EU-funded programme to support central banks and banking supervisory agencies in EU candidate countries and potential candidates from the Western Balkans.The aim of the programme was to further strengthen the institutional capacities of the final beneficiary institutions, notably by enhancing their analytical and policy tools and by transferring the best international and European standards into national practices.

The digital transformation creates scope to make workflows and production processes more efficient. To quantify the impact of digital transformation on labour productivity, research often focuses on investments in digital technologies. This perspective neglects the fact that digital intermediate inputs, such as microchips or integrated software, also represent an important transmission channel for the efficiency gains from digitalisation. In a new study, Bundesbank researchers have examined how efficiency gains in the digital sectors have affected labour productivity in Germany, France and the United States.

Unter dem Motto „Her mit den Schlafmünzen“ warb Moderator Günther Jauch dafür, dass die Bürgerinnen und Bürger ihre alten D-Mark Scheine und Münzen zur Bank bringen. 

Im Rahmen eines Panels haben Gerhard Gies, erster Ministerpräsident des Landes Sachsen-Anhalt nach dessen Neugründung 1990, Rüdiger Pohl und Bundesbank-Vorstandsmitglied Johannes Beermann über die Währungsunion und ihre Folgen diskutiert.

Für seine Bachelorthesis zum Thema "Funktions- und Wirkungsweise von 'Bad Banks' im SRM" erhält Vincent van Bracht , Absolvent der Hochschule der Bundesbank, den Koblenzer Hochschulpreis.

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The German financial system has functioned well during the pandemic; the extensive government measures have shielded the financial sector from losses. This is the conclusion reached by the Bundesbank in its Financial Stability Review 2021. At the presentation of the report, Bundesbank Vice-President Claudia Buch noted that, at the same time, vulnerabilities to adverse macroeconomic developments had built up continually, especially risks associated with real estate financing. “Now is the right time to take preventive action against future risks,” stressed Ms Buch.

What happens when the financial system isn’t so stable? And what does the Bundesbank do to safeguard financial stability? Find out in our video on the financial system.

Bundesbankvorstandsmitglied Johannes Beermann hat bei der Immobilienmesse Expo Real mit Expertinnen und Experten über das Thema „Building Information Modelling (BIM) im öffentlichen Bau – Herausforderung und Zukunftschance“ diskutiert.