On 30 January 2018, the German government issued a €2 commemorative collector’s coin “100th anniversary of the birth of Helmut Schmidt”.

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. 

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.

The Bundesbank’s Statistics section provides a comprehensive overview of current and historical data at both the national and international levels.

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.

Die Deutsche Bundesbank und Frankfurt Main Finance wenden sich anlässlich des Europa-Tages am 9. Mai gemeinsam mit zahlreichen Repräsentantinnen und Repräsentanten des Finanzplatzes und der Region an die Öffentlichkeit. Beide Institutionen und die Unterstützenden des gemeinsamen Appells rufen dazu auf, sich an der Europa-Wahl am 9. Juni zu beteiligen, um Europa und seiner Demokratie eine starke Stimme zu geben.

Das Direktorium der Europäischen Zentralbank (EZB) hat Alain Busac zum Generaldirektor Informationssysteme ernannt. In seiner neuen Funktion wird Herr Busac die digitale Transformation der EZB steuern, wichtige Modernisierungsprojekte in der Informationstechnologie durchführen und dafür sorgen, dass die strengen Cybersicherheitsmaßnahmen der EZB aufrechterhalten werden.

As in 2023, the monetary policy measures of the past few years shaped the Bundesbank’s annual accounts in the 2024 financial year. It recorded an accumulated loss of €19.2 billion for the reporting year, Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel and First Deputy Governor Sabine Mauderer said at the press conference presenting the Bank’s annual accounts. The Bundesbank has a sound balance sheet, Mr Nagel stressed, explaining that the value of its revaluation reserves was many times greater than the current and prospective accumulated losses.

As part of the “Federal States” series, the German government has decided to mint a  €2 commemorative coin “Brandenburg” (featuring Sanssouci Palace). It will be issued on 28 January 2020.

Nach seinem Studium arbeitet Nicolas-Marvin am Mainframe. Was er aus seinem Studium dafür mitgenommen hat und wie er zu seiner Lehrtätigkeit gekommen ist, erzählt er in seiner Jobstory.

We use money every day, taking it for granted in our daily lives. At the same time, money is one of the most important business areas for any central bank. But what exactly is money? What forms does it take, and what are the characteristics that turn something into money? We answer these and other questions in the following animation film.

The system of indicators gives a comprehensive overview of the situation on the property marktet, which is characterised by a clear rise in prices at a time of low interest rates.

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The Banca d’Italia and the Bundesbank organize a meeting between researchers of the two institutions, on topics in financial intermediation and financial stability.

Der gewichtete Indikator der Kreditfinanzierungskosten für neue Kredite an Unternehmen stieg um 4 Basispunkte auf 5,18 %, und der entsprechende Indikator für neue Wohnungsbaukredite an private Haushalte verringerte sich um 5 Basispunkte auf 3,80 %; beide Entwicklungen waren auf den Zinseffekt zurückzuführen.

On 30 January 2015, the German Federal government issued a german €2 commemorative coins collector’s coin “25 Years of German Unity”.

Das preisbereinigte Bruttoinlandsprodukt ist im ersten Quartal 2024 gegenüber dem Vorquartal um 0,2 Prozent gestiegen. Das leichte Wachstum wurde von Anstiegen der Bauinvestitionen und der Exporte getragen, so das Statistische Bundesamt. Die privaten Konsumausgaben gingen dagegen zurück.