The Deutsche Bundesbank has taken receipt of a comprehensive study on the history of central banking in Germany between the years 1924 and 1970. The large-scale research project entitled “From the Reichsbank to the Bundesbank” looks into the history of the Reichsbank as the central bank during the Nazi era as well as investigating continuities in terms of personnel after the central banks Bank deutscher Länder and Deutsche Bundesbank were established after the war.

Im Jahr 2017 hat die Bundesbank eine umfangreiche Studie zur Geschichte der Reichsbank, der Bank deutscher Länder und der frühen Bundesbank beauftragt. Was waren die Herausforderungen bei diesem Projekt? In welchem Kontext bewegt es sich? Und welche wesentlichen Erkenntnisse hat es zutage gefördert? Ein Interview mit den wissenschaftlichen Leitern, Magnus Brechtken und Albrecht Ritschl.

The German government has decided to issue the next €2 commemorative coin in its "Federal States" series as of 2018 March 3rd, this time dedicated to the German federal state of Berlin (motif: Charlottenburg Palace).

Introducing our newcomers: Marie-Therese Gold, head of the Bundesbank’s representative office in Brussels, Nikola Marcinko, the Bundesbank’s first representative in Riga, Ezgi Delikanli, representative in London, Andreas Gauf and Philipp Täufer on the Frankfurt team. 

Der Bruttoabsatz am deutschen Rentenmarkt lag im Januar 2024 mit 146,9 Mrd € deutlich über dem Wert des Vormonats (81,3 Mrd €). Unter Berücksichtigung gestiegener Tilgungen und der Eigenbestandsveränderungen der Emittenten stieg der Umlauf inländischer Rentenpapiere um 22,3 Mrd €, nach einem Rückgang von 27,5 Mrd € im Dezember 2023. Der Umlauf ausländischer Titel am deutschen Markt erhöhte sich um 8,3 Mrd €, sodass der Umlauf von in- und ausländischen Schuldverschreibungen in Deutschland im Januar im Ergebnis um 30,6 Mrd € anstieg. 

Germany’s current account recorded a surplus of €29.7 billion in January 2024, down €1.9 billion on the previous month’s level. The goods account surplus increased significantly, but this was outweighed by a stronger decline in the surplus in invisible current transactions, which comprise services as well as primary and secondary income.

Luca studiert an der bundesbankeigenen Hochschule Zentralbankwesen und konnte in seiner Praxisphase aktiv bei der Rekrutierung neuer Studierender unterstützen.

The Bank Al-Maghrib hosted a three-part series of seminars led by the Bundesbank on the topics of financial stability, banking supervision and cash management. At the AMF, the focus was on green finance. 

François Villeroy de Galhau, Governor of the Banque de France, and Joachim Nagel, President of the Bundesbank, cut the ribbon on an EU-funded pilot project for African central banks at a special event held in Paris. 

EZB schließt im Dezember 2022 begonnene Überprüfung ab. Handlungsrahmen legt dar, wie der EZB-Rat künftig die kurzfristigen Geldmarktsätze angesichts der Normalisierung der Bilanz des Eurosystems steuert, sodass diese sich eng an den geldpolitischen Beschlüssen orientieren.

The micro data from wave one and two are available for scientific research projects.

The German government has decided to mint a €2 circulation coin commemorating the German federal state of “Saxony” (featuring Dresden's Zwinger Palace) to be issued on 5 February 2016.

Apply now to our new online series on the topics of “Greening the financial system” and “Digital currencies” starting in June and August 2024.

Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between the Central Bank of the Philippines and the Bundesbank.

Over 50 financial sector representatives accepted the invitation to the first Forum Bundesbank in Madrid. The panel discussion focused on the economic challenges currently facing Europe. The next forum is scheduled for the second half of the year.

The German government has decided to issue the next €2 commemorative coin in its “Federal States” series as of 3 February 2017, this time dedicated to the German federal state of “Rhineland-Palatinate” (motif: Porta Nigra).

For many years the Directorate General Banking and Financial Supervision and Directorate General Financial Stability have organised the Bundesbank's autumn conference in Frankfurt on a rotating basis.

Proper disclosure requirements are designed to enhance market discipline and induce credit institutions to improve their market strategy, risk management practices and internal risk control systems.

Die Europäische Zentralbank (EZB) hat den Mietvertrag für das Gallileo-Hochhaus unterzeichnet.
Somit wird der Büroturm im Frankfurter Bankenviertel neuer Standort der EZB-Bankenaufsicht.

Etwa 30 Lehrerinnen und Lehrer aus ganz Deutschland waren am 8. März bei der Bundesbank in Frankfurt am Main zu Gast. Bei der Veranstaltung „Nagel trifft Lehrerinnen und Lehrer“ hatten sie die Gelegenheit, geldpolitische Themen direkt mit Bundesbankpräsident Joachim Nagel zu diskutieren. Bereits seit 2013 findet dieser persönliche Austausch mit dem Präsidenten einmal jährlich statt. 

The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision was founded in 1974 and is the global standard-setting body for banking regulation. It comprises high-ranking representatives from national central banks and supervisory authorities.

Under the Credit Risk Standardised Approach the risk positions are assigned to supervisory asset classes and the appropriate risk weights are calculated .

The Federal Government currently employs a range of securities to borrow funds for financing its budget. There are four different one-off issues (Federal bonds, Five-year Federal notes, Federal Treasury notes and Treasury discount paper as well as inflation-linked Federal bonds and inflation-linked Federal notes), which are issued by auction.

Registration form for ECMS production and customer testing

With its electronic access for credit institutions, which is based on the Electronic Banking Internet Communication Standard (EBICS), the Deutsche Bundesbank offers a communication channel based on accepted protocols and standards which is capable of processing the growing data volumes in the data exchange between payment service providers with bank sort code efficiently, securely and cost-effectively.

A recent Bundesbank study looks at how cash will be used in the future. It outlines three different scenarios for cash payments in 2037. “The idea of the future scenarios is to help set the right course so that cash remains generally available and accepted as an attractive means of payment and store of value going forward,” explained Burkhard Balz as he introduced the study.

In einem Podcast mit dem Chefredakteur von Table.Media, Michael Bröcker, spricht Bundesbankpräsident Joachim Nagel über die aktuelle Geldpolitik, die deutsche Wirtschaft und seine Vorschläge für die Schuldenbremse.