In der aktuellen Ausgabe des Newsletters informieren wir Sie unter anderem über den Betriebsstart des neuen T2-Service, den Projektstatus von ECMS, Erfahrungen aus den TIBER-Tests sowie über verschiedene Statistiken aus dem Bereich Zahlungsverkehr.

Platform for the easy use of Mobilisation and Administration of Credit Claims (MACCs).

The March 2023 Monthly Report describes how the German balance of payments developed in 2022. It also discusses the significance of digitalisation for labour productivity. An additional article covers the profitability and financing of German enterprises in 2021.

The Bundesbank's climate-related disclosures for 2023 update and supplement last year’s results, in line with the Eurosystem’s decisions.

The Money Museum offers a wide range of tours, lectures, children's holiday programs, and many other events for all ages.

The Eurosystem’s negative interest rate policy (NIRP) incentivised banks to also charge their customers negative deposit rates. My analysis shows that German banks did actually charge negative interest rates on corporate deposits at times. However, the banks that did so were primarily those which relied heavily on household deposits as a source of funding. These banks were very reluctant to apply negative interest rates to household deposits as well, and thus probably faced particularly high margin pressure. It was primarily these banks that also charged higher fees in order to ease this pressure.

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