The Deutsche Bundesbank was established on 1 August 1957. Here you can find an overview of the most important milestones of Germany’s central bank and monetary policy in the euro area.

The National Cash Forum has been established on the initiative of the Bundesbank, the being, as Bundesbank Executive Board member Burkhard Balz put it, to preserve cash as an efficient and widely used means of payment in a changing payment landscape. The forum will facilitate close dialogue between the associations of the banking industry, retail trade, consumer protection, the CIT industry, vending machine operators and the Bundesbank. The industry is set to meet here at least once a year. 

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.

Vorstandsmitglied Burkhard Balz hat die neue Repräsentanz der Bundesbank in Brüssel eröffnet und das deutsche Team im House of the Euro vorgestellt. Zahlreiche Gäste, wie auch die SSM-Vorsitzende Claudia Buch und der deutsche Botschafter in Belgien, Martin Kotthaus, nutzten die Gelegenheit zum Austausch.

Aktuelle Ausschreibungen der Deutschen Bundesbank

Germany’s current account recorded a surplus of €31.4 billion in December 2023, up €0.9 billion on the previous month’s level. While the surplus in the goods account decreased, the surplus in in-visible current transactions, which comprise services as well as primary and secondary income, ex-perienced a stronger increase. 

Video clips without commentary on the Bundesbank, gold reserves, cash and the ECB. This footage is also available in high definition.

In order to make the SEPA migration more customer friendly, payment service providers may provide customers with conversion services for a transitional period up to 1 February 2016.

The Deutsche Bundesbank and the Banque de France, six national central banks of the European System of Central Banks (ESCB) and the European Central Bank (ECB) have today launched a programme funded by the European Union (EU) with the aim of contributing to the macroeconomic and financial stability of African countries.

Am deutschen Rentenmarkt war die Emissionstätigkeit im Dezember 2023 – wie häufig zum Ende eines Jahres – schwächer als im Vormonat. Insgesamt wurden inländische Schuldverschreibungen für 80,9 Mrd € emittiert, verglichen mit 124,3 Mrd € im November.

Protecting the integrity and reputation of the Bundesbank requires constant, joint efforts in order to maintain public trust in the Bundesbank’s performance of its tasks over the long haul.

In 2023, the Bundesbank registered more counterfeit money in Germany than in the previous year. In total, there were around 56,600 counterfeit euro banknotes with a nominal value of €5.1 million. “The increase in counterfeit figures was driven by a handful of major cases of fraud, predominantly involving counterfeit €200 and €500 banknotes,” stated Bundesbank Executive Board member Burkhard Balz. Overall, the incidence of counterfeiting is still low and the risk to members of the public remains small, he said.

What is the outlook for the economy over the next few years? This is a question that households regularly ask themselves when they are in the process of making big decisions.

Die Bundesbank führt vierteljährlich die Umfrage zum Kreditgeschäft der Banken (Bank Lending Survey, BLS) durch. In den Ergebnissen für 2023 wird deutlich, dass die geldpolitische Straffung ihre intendierte Wirkung entfaltete, was sich in strengeren Kreditrichtlinien und rückläufiger Kreditnachfrage äußerte. Außerdem beeinflussen klimabedingte Risiken zunehmend die Kreditangebotspolitik der Banken. 

Die aggregierte Summe der Aktiva der Kreditinstitute mit Sitz in der EU verringerte sich von 32,66 Billionen € im September 2022 auf 31,58 Billionen € im September 2023. Dies entspricht einem Rückgang um 3,30 %.

The term "credit risk mitigation techniques" refers to institutions' collateral agreements that are used to reduce risk arising from credit positions.